Brian Thomas Oliver (26 September 1929 – 20 October 2015) was an Australian

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athlete who specialised in the

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and sprint running. He won the triple jump event at the

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ...

and placed 23rd at the

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. Oliver won the national triple jump title in 1953–54 and 1956, and the long jump title in 1953 and 1956. He was ranked #3 in the world in 1950 and #4 in 1953 in the triple jump.

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1929 births 2015 deaths Australian male long jumpers Australian male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics People from Northam, Western Australia Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games Sportsmen from Western Australia Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub