Allan Matthew Potts ONZM (25 September 1934 – 8 May 2014) was a New Zealand athlete, athletics coach and administrator. He was the New Zealand 10-mile champion in 1964 and coached his wife, Sylvia, a middle-distance athlete of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the track and field coach for the New Zealand team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and served as president of Athletics New Zealand from 2002 to 2003.[2]
In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Potts was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics.[3]
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- ^ Singh, Anendra (5 May 2008). "Tribute to a legend". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Life time of service to athletics comes to an end with the passing of Allan Potts". Sportzhub. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1998". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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