Athletics Australia - NEWS - Allison Roe and Barry Magee inducted into the NZ Sports Hall of Fame
She also competed for New Zealand at the world cross country championships and was voted Sportsperson of the Year in 1981.
Allison Roe and Barry Magee inducted into the NZ Sports Hall of Fame ©Athletics New Zealand
Allison Roe
Roe was one of the leading marathon and road runners in the world in the early 1980s. She won both the Boston and New York marathons in 1981. Roe won numerous events on the road and was a member of the celebrated New Zealand trio with Lorraine Moller and Anne Audain that changed the face of women’s road running in the United States.
She also competed for New Zealand at the world cross country championships and was voted Sportsperson of the Year in 1981.
Roe said that she felt very honoured.
“I would like to acknowledge my coach at the time Gary Elliott – he made a difference, he was the one that helped me to believe in my dreams and to achieve whatever I wanted to achieve.”
Barry Magee
On a dark night in Rome in 1960 he chased home an Ethiopian and a Moroccan for the Bronze medal in the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games.
His running accolades also include wins and places in some of the top marathons in the world as well as over 5000m and 10,000m on the track. He was part of New Zealand’s 4 x 1mile world record breaking relay team in 1961. Nationally he won 7 New Zealand titles.
He retired from international running in 1964 after attending two Olympic and two Commonwealth Games and took up coaching in 1965.
Magee said that it was a great honour.
“I feel very humbled – part of my old mates are here tonight so it’s a great night. I would like to pay a tribute to Arthur Lydiard who gave us so much and gave us the great training that made it all happen.”
Murray McKinnon
Communications Advisor
Athletics New Zealand
0274 806086
murray@mckinnon.co.nz
