Peter Snell
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About
Three-time Olympic gold medalist runner from New Zealand. He won golds in the 800 meter and 1500 meter races.
Before fame
He played competitive tennis as a teenager and played in the Junior Championships at age 19.
Trivia
He broke the world record for the mile in 1962 in Whanganui, New Zealand.
Family life
His mother was a tennis player and his father played golf.
Associated with
He won gold in 1964, the same year boxer Joe Frazier won gold.
