Simon Rodhouse

Simon Rodhouse
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born(1955-04-20)20 April 1955
Southampton, England
Died24 February 1983(1983-02-24) (aged 27) [1]
England
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubSouthampton Athletics Club

Simon Dominic Rodhouse (20 April 1955 – 24 February 1983) was an English male athlete.

Athletics career

Rodhouse was a National champion after winning the 1981 UK Athletics Championships in the shot put.[2]

He represented England in the shot put, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4]

He was a PE and French teacher at St Mary's College in Southampton and was killed in a car crash (driving his V8 MGB GT) when returning home from an indoor athletics meeting at RAF Cosford on 24 February 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b ""Shot putter killed in car crash." Times, 26 Feb. 1983, p. 19". Times Digital Archives. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile". European Athletics.
  3. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.