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Gavin Thorley
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Howard Thorley
Born	(1947-06-11)11 June 1947 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	3 July 2022(2022-07-03) (aged 75) Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Long-distance running
Events	5000 m 10,000 m
Club	Kapiti Running & Tri Club
Achievements and titles
National finals	10,000 m champion (1972)
Personal best(s)	5000 m – 13:40.2 10,000 m – 28:44.4

Gavin Howard Thorley (11 June 1947 – 3 July 2022)^[1] was a New Zealand long-distance runner.^[2] He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[3] Later in life he was very active as a volunteer with Special Olympics Kapiti.^[2]

References

^ "GAVIN THORLEY OBITUARY". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Munich Olympics massacre still haunts Kiwi athlete 45 years later". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gavin Thorley Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

v t e 1972 New Zealand Olympic team
Archery	Robin Sampson
Athletics	Laurie D'Arcy Rod Dixon Jack Foster Sue Haden Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Dave McKenzie Les Mills Tony Polhill Dick Quax Bevan Smith Robin Tait Dick Tayler Gavin Thorley
Boxing	Jeff Rackley Pat Ryan
Canoeing	Donald Cooper Tom Dooney
Cycling	Bruce Biddle Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Harry Kent Neil Lyster Robert Oliver Blair Stockwell
Gymnastics	Diane Foote Terry Sale
Field hockey	Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Jan Borren John Christensen Greg Dayman Chris Ineson Ross McPherson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Alan Patterson Kevin Rigby Ted Salmon Warwick Wright
Judo	Rick Littlewood
Rowing	John Clark Trevor Coker Warren Cole Ross Collinge Simon Dickie Joe Earl John Hunter Tony Hurt Dick Joyce Peter Lindsay David Lindstrom Noel Mills Chris Nilsson Gary Robertson Dudley Storey Dick Tonks Wybo Veldman Murray Watkinson Lindsay Wilson
Sailing	Fraser Beer Jock Bilger Noel Everett Con Linton Steve Marten Murray Ross Jack Scholes Bret de Thier Ron Watson
Shooting	Ian Ballinger Graeme McIntyre Bruce McMillan Mike Watt
Swimming	Heather Coombridge Colin Herring Susan Hunter John McConnochie Jaynie Parkhouse Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	John Bolton Tony Ebert Brian Marsden
Wrestling	David Aspin
Chef de Mission: Joe McManemin

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 10,000 m
Note: 6 miles before 1970
6 miles	1948: Harold Nelson 1949: W.J. Wells 1950: Noel Taylor 1951: Colin Lousich 1952: Noel Taylor 1953–1954: Lawrence King 1955: Barry Magee 1956: Bill Rodger 1957–1958: Barry Magee 1959–1960: Bill Baillie 1961–1962: Barry Magee 1963–1967: Bill Baillie 1968: Evan Maguire 1969: Mike Ryan
10,000 m	1970: Eddie Gray 1971: Mike Ryan 1972: Gavin Thorley 1973: Kevin Ryan 1974: Dick Tayler 1975: Steve Denholm 1976: Paul Ballinger 1977: Bryan Rose 1978: Alan Thurlow 1979: Euan Robertson 1980: Kevin Ryan 1981: Rod Dixon 1982: Tom Birnie 1983: Graeme Holden 1984–1985: Yutaka Kanai (JPN) 1986: Kerry Rodger 1987: Ken Moloney 1988: Tom Birnie 1989: David Rush 1990: Kerry Rodger 1991: David Rush 1992: Peter Renner 1993: Paul Smith 1994: Jeff Spillane 1995: Paul Smith 1996: Allan Carman 1997–1998: Robbie Johnston 1999–2000: Richard Potts 2001: John Henwood 2002: Sisay Bezabeh (AUS) 2003: Lee Troop (AUS) 2004: Michael Aish 2005: Russell Dessaix-Chin (AUS) 2006: Brett Cartwright (AUS) 2007: Scott Winton 2008: Phil Costley 2009: Rowan Hooper 2010: Rees Buck 2011–2012: Stephen Lett 2013: Caden Shields 2014–2017: Aaron Pulford 2018: Craig Lautenslager 2019: Caden Shields 2020: Cameron Graves 2021–2022: not held 2023: Julian Oakley 2024: Michael Voss

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