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Birth name | Francis Murphy | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Frank | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
Born | Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland | 21 May 1947||||||||||||||
Died | 5 January 2017 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
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Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals |
1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||
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Francis "Frank" Murphy (21 May 1947 – 5 January 2017) was an Irish athlete, who specialised in middle-distance running. He earned a silver medal by finishing in second place in the 1500 metres event at the 1969 European Athletics Championships. [1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1968 and 1972. [2] He was also a 1500 m runner-up to Henryk Szordykowski at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [3] He died on 5 January 2017 at the age of 69. [4]
Representing the Villanova Wildcats track and field team, Murphy won the 1969 880 yards at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 1:51.1. [5]
Full name: Francis "Frank" Murphy