Alf Meakin

Alfred F. "Alf" Meakin (born August 30, 1938) is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Great Britain in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

He won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, alongside Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones, and David Jones. He also won gold medal in the Empire games in Perth, Australia in the 4 x 110 yards relay with Peter Radford, Len Carter and David Jones.

References

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1930–1966: 4×110 yards 1966–present: 4×100 metres

1930: Canada 1934: England 1938: Canada 1950: Australia 1954: Canada 1958: England 1962: England 1966: Ghana 1970: Jamaica 1974: Australia 1978: Scotland 1982: Nigeria 1986: Canada 1990: England 1994: Canada 1998: England 2002: England 2006: Jamaica 2010: England 2014: Jamaica

1962: England (Alfred Meakin, David Jones, Len Carter, Peter Radford)

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