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John Walker

New Zealand middle-distance runner and politician
Person human Q358383

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
January 12, 1952
Place of birth
Papakura District
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
middle-distance runner, athletics competitor
Educated at
Manurewa High School[6]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Bislett medal, Silver Olympic Order, Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎, Officer of the Order of the British Empire[7][8][9][10][11]
Country for sport
New Zealand[20]
Different from
John Walker[21]
End of work period
1985[24]
Family name
Walker[14]
Given name
John, George[15][16]
Height
+183[25]
Mass
+74[26]
Medical condition
Parkinson's disease[17]
Number of children
+4[22]
Participant in
1984 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics[18][19]
Sport
athletics[13]
Sports discipline competed in
1500 metres[27]
Start of work period
1974[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Walker en Sir John Walker en Sir John George Walker en John George Walker ar جون ووكر cs John George Walker el Τζων Γουόκερ (δρομέας) es John George Walker fa جان واکر (دونده) fi John George Walker fr John George Walker he ג'ון ווקר hu John George Walker it John George Walker ja ジョン・ウォーカー ja ジョン・ジョージ・ウォーカー ko 존 워커 ko 존 조지 워커 pl John George Walker ru Джон Уокер
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000114967704
VIAF cluster ID
107040374, 310539655
Library of Congress authority ID
n85019403
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Walker KNZM (cropped).jpg ↗
ARRS runner ID
5887
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151061845
Athletics Podium person ID
8516
BabelNet ID
00048355n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
161771984
FAST ID
147644
Freebase ID
/m/0gw6t
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
John_Walker
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InterSportStats athlete ID
3000011605
Interlingual Index ID
i97329
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
06006/eu_w_0020/w0020
Munzinger Sport number
01000003316
NE.se ID
john-walker
New Zealand Olympic Committee athlete ID
john-walker
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame ID
W/John-Walker
Olympedia people ID
74363
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived)
john-george-walker
Olympics.com athlete ID
john-walker-1
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
wa/john-walker-3
Te Papa agent ID
44278
Tilastopaja male athlete ID
21802
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID
7027
WikiTree person ID
Walker-12680
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11391249-n
World Athletics athlete ID
14347452
Yale LUX ID
person/540f1c91-c2a1-4692-b38b-5587f64adc82

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Given name 2
John, George
Occupation 2
athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
Participant in 2
1984 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics
Country for sport 1
New Zealand
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Different from 1
John Walker
Family name 1
Walker
Instance of 1
human
Medical condition 1
Parkinson's disease
Participated in 1
athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metres
Place of birth 1
Papakura District
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
athletics
Sports discipline competed in 1
1500 metres
← Different from 1
John Walker
← FactGrid item ID 1
Cepães e Fareja
← Winner 1
athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metres
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Summary

John Walker was born on January 12, 1952[1], in Papakura District[2]. He has worked as a middle-distance runner[3] and athletics competitor[4].

FAQs

Where was John Walker born?

John Walker was born in Papakura District[2].

What did John Walker do for work?

John Walker worked as a middle-distance runner[3] and athletics competitor[4].

Where did John Walker go to school?

John Walker was educated at Manurewa High School[6].

What awards did John Walker receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[7], Bislett medal[8], Silver Olympic Order[9], and Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎[10].

Related Entities

New Zealand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . The London Gazette 52953. wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . The London Gazette 46778. wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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