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Warwick Perrins Selvey (3 December 1939 – 16 August 2018) was an Australian
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athlete who competed in the shot put and discus events. Selvey won a total of 18
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between 1960 and 1973 which is a record for male athletes. He represented Australia at two
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, making the final of the shot and discus in the 1960 Rome Games. At his only
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, in 1962, he won the discus and finished fourth in the shot put. He died in Sakhon Nakhon Hospital in
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, following
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Surgery.


Statistics

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See also

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Australian athletics champions The Australian Athletics Championships have been conducted since 1890.


References


1939 births 2018 deaths Australian male shot putters Australian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub