Paul nash athlete biography reports

South African sprinter

Paul Nash (born 20 January 1947) is a South African sprinter who tied the 100-metre world record four times in 1968 with a time of 10.0 seconds.

He attended Michaelhouse school in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

His most celebrated race in South Africa occurred on 2 April 1968 when at the Krugersdorp stadium he equalled what was then the world record of 10.00.

He was ranked third in the world over 100-metre behind Jim Hines of the United States and Lennox Miller of Jamaica by Track and Field News in 1968.

Paul nash athlete biography reports

Hines won the Olympic title at high altitude in Mexico City in 1968 in a world record electronic time of 9.95 with Miller second.

In 1967 Nash had competed against Hines in Los Angeles when he finished third in a hand-timed 10.4 with Hines in 10.2.

The next year Nash, aged 21, was in fine form and during the South African athletics season in the early months of 1968 media attention focussed intensively on Nash's pr