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Adrian Metcalfe, OBE, Olympian, former athlete who competed in the 400 metres
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Michael Rhodes
Jul 8, 2021, 9:48:08 AM7/8/21
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Adrian Metcalfe, OBE, who died 8 July 2021, aged 79, was a former British athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Metcalfe was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was a relay silver medallist with England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in the 4 × 400 m relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Tim Graham, John Cooper, and Robbie Brightwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Metcalfe
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He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in the 4 × 400 m relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Tim Graham, John Cooper, and Robbie Brightwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Metcalfe
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Michael Rhodes
Jul 29, 2021, 5:26:45 PM7/29/21
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Adrian Metcalfe, Olympic relay medallist who became a senior television executive
Adrian Metcalfe, who has died aged 79, was an outstanding athlete and an influential figure in sports broadcasting....He won silver in the 4x400m in Tokyo in 1964, and was later Channel 4’s first head of sport, as well as helping to launch Eurosport
Adrian Metcalfe, who has died aged 79, was an outstanding athlete and an influential figure in sports broadcasting....He won silver in the 4x400m in Tokyo in 1964, and was later Channel 4’s first head of sport, as well as helping to launch Eurosport
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