Norman Drake
British athlete
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Norman Percy Drake (7 July 1912 – 16 November 1972) was a British athlete who competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Drake represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games in the hammer throw.[2]
Drake became the national hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1936 AAA Championships[3][4] and finished second behind Bert Healion in the hammer throw event at the 1939 AAA Championships[5][6] before his career was interrupted by World War II.
After World War II, Drake finished second behind Hans Houtzager at the 1946 AAA Championships[7][8] before winning a final hammer throw AAA title at the 1948 AAA Championships.[9][10][11]
He was part of the England team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where he competed in the hammer and shot put.[12][13]
In 1951 Drake won his final Northern title (he had won the title every year since 1934) and went on to become a hammer throw coach.[14]
