About Don Jowett
Lived 1931 – 2011 (aged 80). Don Jowett was a New Zealand athletics competitor and sprinter.
Donald Winston Jowett (4 March 1931 – 21 July 2011) was a New Zealand sprinter and rugby union player who represented his country at the 1950 and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in 1950, and gold and silver medals in 1954.
Jowett won seven New Zealand national athletics titles: the 220 yards in 1952, 1953, and 1954; and the 440 yards in 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1957. He also won five national titles at under-19 level: the 440 yards in 1945, 1946, and 1947; and the 880 yards in 1946 and 1947. His daughter Sue Jowett became an Olympic sprinter.
Don Jowett died on 21 July 2011.
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Who was Don Jowett?
New Zealand sprinter
When was Don Jowett born?
Don Jowett was born on 4 March 1931 in Wellington.
When did Don Jowett die?
Don Jowett died on 21 July 2011 in Brisbane.
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Don Jowett was an athletics competitor and sprinter.
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Don Jowett was New Zealand.
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