Trevor Vincent

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Trevor Vincent

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|country=AUS|OAM}}

| birth_name = Trevor Anthony Vincent

| nickname = TV

| nationality = Australian

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|27 April 1938}}

| birth_place = Armadale, Victoria

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 174 cm

| weight = 64 kg

| country = {{flagcountry|Australia}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = 3000 metres steeplechase, 1500 metres, 5000 metres

| club = Glenhuntly Athletics Club

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalCount

|Commonwealth Games | 1 | 0 | 0

|Australian National Championships | 6 | 4 | 2

| total = yes

}}

Trevor Anthony Vincent, {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 27 April 1938) is a former Australian long-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 1962 he competed for his native country at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event, setting an inaugural Commonwealth Games record and breaking his own Australian record. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.

Early life and family

Trevor Vincent was born 27 April 1938 in Armadale, Victoria.

Trevor has a wife Lois and three sons: Greg, Gary and Brett. He also has eight grandchildren: Rachel, Nicholas, Marcus, Sarah, Kate, Zahli, Rhiannon and Ebony.

Athletic career

In 1962 Vincent competed for Australia at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event with a time of 8:43.4 seconds, setting an inaugural Commonwealth Games record and breaking his own Australian record of 8:49.2. The race was staged at Perry Lakes Stadium in Floreat, Western Australia on 24 November. Vincent won by 15 yards ahead of the favoured Englishmen Maurice Herriott and fellow countryman Ron Blackney who won the bronze medal.{{cite news|first=Jim|last=Webster|title=Great start for Australian athletes|newspaper=The Sun-Herald|publisher=John Fairfax and Sons|page=45|date=25 November 1962}} In the lead up to the Perth games, Vincent trained alongside Olympian Ron Clarke and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Rod Bonella at Caulfield Racecourse, running up to 160 km a week.{{cite news|first=Monique|last=Hore|title=Glen Waverley runner Trevor Vincent features in National Sports Museum|newspaper=The Sun-Herald|publisher=John Fairfax and Sons|date=15 April 2014}}

He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the 3000m steeplechase event. Vincent set a time of 8:58.8 seconds, placing 8th, however failing to qualify for the final after being hampered by injury.

Trevor competed in numerous Australian National Athletic Championships, having continued success in the 3000 metres steeplechase event, 5000 metres and 1500 metres. He also attended the 1963 Australian Cross Country Championships, winning the gold medal in the 10 km event.

=Personal bests=

Event ! Time ! Location ! Date ! Note
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Marathon	2:26:13	Melbourne, Australia	1970-09-26{{cite news\|title=Road racing statistics\|url=http://arrs.auguszt.in/runner/17284/1/type/asc\|accessdate=1 October 2019}}	1970 Melbourne Marathon
10K run	29:12.6	Melbourne, Australia	1963-09-15	Beating his previous personal best set in 1961
3000 m Steeplechase	8:38.9 {{AthAbbr\|GR\|Commonwealth Games}}	Perth, Western Australia	1962-11-24	1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
2 miles	8:47.4	Melbourne, Australia	1962-09-01
10K run	30:56	Melbourne, Australia	1961-12-18

Competition record

=International competitions=

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{AUS}}
1962 \|Commonwealth Games \|Perth, Western Australia \|bgcolor="gold"\|1st \|3000 metres steeplechase \|8:43.4
1964 \|Summer Olympics \|Tokyo, Japan \| \|3000 metres steeplechase \|8:58.8

colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}

1962

|Commonwealth Games

|Perth, Western Australia

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|3000 metres steeplechase

|8:43.4

1964

|Summer Olympics

|Tokyo, Japan

|3000 metres steeplechase

|8:58.8