Eric Roy Sandstrom (11 September 1931 – 19 May 2019) was a

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sprinter, who represented

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in the men's 100, 200 metres and 4 x 100metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Sandstrom won the Gold medal in the 4x100 metres relay, two years later at, the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, alongside

Peter Radford Peter Frank Radford (born 20 September 1939) is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 and 200 metres (and 100 and 220 yards), broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite having been seriously ill as a child due to a hole in his ...

, David Segal and Adrian Breacker. He was 1.74 m tall, weighed 65 kg, and was associated with Leichtathletik Club during his career. He died on 19 May 2019.

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* 1931 births 2019 deaths Place of birth missing English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub