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A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON. The American A. Oerter, who at Mexico City won his fourth gold medal in the discus in successive Olympic Games, has been voted 1 ‘■Sportsman of the Year” by “World Sports,” a British! magazine with a world-wide! distribution. Oerter topped the poll among the magazine's staff,; beating J. C. Killy, the!' French ski-ing ace who won:' three gold medals in the Win-' 1 ter Olympics at Grenoble. ! Third was the Olympic i< long-jump champion, R. Bea- < mon (United States), who!)
was followed by the Briton, D Hemery (athletics), the East German, R. Matthes (swimming), and the Australian, M. Wenden (swimming). Miss V. Casiavska, the Czechoslovak gymnast who became the first competitor jto win four individual gold 'medals in a summer Olympics, topped the “Sportsjwoman of the Year” poll. ' The American swimmer, 'Miss D. Meyer, was second, ; and the athlete, Miss W. Tyus ! I (United States) third. I Readers of the magazine I ialso voted Oerter “Sportsman i of the Year,” with Miss Cas- I i lavska second. i
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31871, 26 December 1968, Page 11
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173First Choice Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31871, 26 December 1968, Page 11
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