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Five New Hall of Fame Inductees

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07/03/2022 00:00, In Blog / History /

This weekend at our Annual Awards Dinner we were delighted to welcome five new members to our prestigious Hall of Fame!

Along with 32 others, these sporting greats have brought honour and distinction to themselves, their county and Welsh Athletics.

Congratulations goes to our five newest inductees:

	Inductee	Achievements
	Doug Turner	European 200m silver medallist 1998 Commonwealth 4 x 400m bronze medallist 1998
	Sally Simspon	Commonwealth Games pole vault silver medallist 2014
	Paul Gray	Commonwealth 110m hurdles bronze medallist 1994 Commonwealth 4 x 400m bronze medallist 1998 European Junior 110m hurdles bronze medallist 1987
	Carys Parry	Commonwealth Hammer silver medallist 2010
Photo of John's wife and son	The late John Merriman	Commonwealth Games 6 miles silver medallist 1958 Commonwealth Games 6 miles bronze medallist 1962 International Cross Country bronze medallist1960 Twice broke UK 10,000m record including at Rome Olympic Games First British athlete to break 29 mins for 10,000m