Simon Baker (race walker)
Simon Francis Baker (born 6 February 1958 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country in four consecutive Olympic Games: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Australia
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| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 14th | 20 km |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 29th | 20 km | |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 14th | 20 km |
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 12th | 20 km |
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1st | 30 km |
| 1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 11th | 20 km |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 24th | 20 km | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 11th | 20 km |
| 6th | 50 km | |||
| 1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet, Spain | 1st | 50 km |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 7th | 30 km |
| 1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 2nd | 50 km |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 19th | 50 km |
| 1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 7th | 50 km |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 6th | 30 km |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | DNF | 50 km |
External links
[edit]- Simon Baker at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk | |
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| 20 miles (1966–1974) |
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| 30 kilometres (1978-1994) |
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| 50 kilometres (1998-2006) |
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes from Melbourne
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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