Peter Radford

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Medal record
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Bronze	Rome 1960	100 metres
Bronze	Rome 1960	4x100 metres
European Championships
Bronze	Stockholm 1958	100 metres
Silver	Stockholm 1958	4x100 metres

Peter Frank Radford (born 20 September 1939 in Walsall) is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 & 200 metres (100 & 220 yards in the UK) He competed in the 1958 European Championships where he won a Bronze medal in the 100 metres and a Silver medal as part of the British 4 x 100 metres relay team. In the summer of 1960, he broke the world record for 200 metres/220 yards with a time of 20.5 seconds He represented Great Britain in the 100 & 200 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal at 100 metres. He then teamed up with fellow British athletes David Jones, David Segal and Nick Whitehead to finish third in the 4 x 100 metre relay. Radford also represented Britain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He a former Chairman of UK Athletics and is currently Professor of Sport at Brunel University