Gary Knoke
Gary James Knoke (4 February 1942 – 9 July 1984) was Australian Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games competing track and field athlete who was ranked third in the world in 400 metres hurdles during 1966.[1]
National representative
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Knoke represented Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo), 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City) and 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich). In Tokyo, on 16 October 1964, he was placed fourth in the 400 metre hurdles final behind Rex Cawley of the United States of America, John Cooper of Great Britain and Salvatore Morale of Italy. He attended the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1970 British Commonwealth Games, 1974 British Commonwealth Games and the Pacific Conference Games twice.[2]
World ranking
During his competitive career in the 400 Metre Hurdles, Knoke was ranked as follows:
- 1964 - Seventh
- 1965 - Eighth
- 1966 - Third
- 1967 - Tenth
- 1968 - Ninth
- 1969 - Tenth
Teaching and coaching career
He began his teaching career at Kingsgrove North High School in 1963. From 1974 until 1980, Knoke was a physical education teacher and athletics coach at Newington College. During that time Newington won the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS) junior athletics four times and the senior athletics once.[3] In 1981 he joined the staff of the Australian Institute of Sport as a hurdles coach. Knoke died in 1984 of cancer.[4]
Honours
Knoke Avenue in Gordon, Australian Capital Territory, is named in his honour. The Gary Knoke Memorial Scholarship is an award for track and field athletics presented annually by the Australian Institute of Sport; recipients of this scholarship have included Simon Hollingsworth, Rohan Robinson and Kyle Vander Kuyp.[5]
References
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 29.9.2009
- ^ Australian Athletics Historical Results Retrieved 27.9.2007
- ^ Peter Swain, Across The Years, Newington College 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999)
- ^ Australian Institute of Sport - Alumni News Archived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27.9.2007
- ^ Australian Institute of Sport - Awards Retrieved 27.9.2007
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- 1894: Harry Davis
- 1896: W. Martin (NZL)
- 1898: J. Laidlaw
- 1900: Corrie Gardner
- 1902: George William Smith (NZL)
- 1904: George William Smith (NZL)
- 1906: Colin Stewart
- 1908: John Davis and Colin Stewart (tie)
- 1910: Gerald Keddell (NZL)
- 1912: Gerald Keddell (NZL)
- 1914: Les Wallman
- 1920: Harry Wilson (NZL)
- 1922: Leslie Edmunds
- 1924: Robert Almond
- 1926: Ernest Scott
- 1928: Roger Lander (NZL)
- 1930: Alf Watson
- 1932: Alf Watson
- 1934: Don McLardy
- 1936: Sid Stenner
- 1938: Sid Stenner
- 1947: Charles Green
- 1948: Ray Weinberg
- 1949: Peter Gardner
- 1950: Ray Weinberg
- 1951: Ray Weinberg
- 1952: Ray Weinberg
- 1953: Ray Weinberg
- 1954: Ken Doubleday
- 1955: Ken Doubleday
- 1956: Ken Doubleday
- 1957: John Chittick
- 1958: John Chittick
- 1959: John Chittick
- 1960: John Chittick
- 1961: Dave Prince
- 1962: Dave Prince
- 1963: Dave Prince
- 1964: Dave Prince
- 1965: Gary Knoke
- 1966: Richmond Flowers Jr. (USA)
- 1967: Gary Knoke
- 1968: David James
- 1969: Mal Baird
- 1970: Mal Baird
- 1971: Mal Baird
- 1972: Mal Baird
- 1973: Warren Parr
- 1974: Warren Parr
- 1975: Max Binnington
- 1976: Warren Parr
- 1977: Vin Plant
- 1978: Vin Plant
- 1979: Max Binnington
- 1980: Warren Parr
- 1981: Max Binnington
- 1982: Max Binnington
- 1983: Don Wright
- 1984: Don Wright
- 1985: Don Wright
- 1986: Don Wright
- 1987: Don Wright
- 1988: Don Wright
- 1989: Don Wright
- 1990: John Caliguri
- 1991: John Caliguri
- 1992: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1993: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1994: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1995: Colin Jackson (GBR)
- 1996: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1997: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1998: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1999: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2000: Tim Ewan
- 2001: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2002: Colin Jackson (GBR)
- 2003: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2004: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2005: James Mortimer (NZL)
- 2006: James Mortimer (NZL)
- 2007: Justin Merlino
- 2008: Justin Merlino
- 2009: Tasuku Tanonaka (JPN)
- 2010: Greg Eyears
- 2011: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2012: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2013: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2014: Nicholas Hough
- 2015: Nicholas Hough
- 2016: Justin Merlino
- 2017: Nicholas Hough