| LC control no. | no2007086255 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Snell, Peter, 1938-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Snell, Peter, 1938- Snell, Peter George, 1938-2019 |
| Associated country | New Zealand United States |
| Located | Dallas (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1938-12-17 |
| Death date | 2019-12-13 |
| Place of birth | Opunake (N.Z.) |
| Field of activity | Running Exercise--Physiological aspects Physical fitness Orienteering |
| Affiliation | Washington State University University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
| Profession or occupation | Runners (Sports) Exercise physiologists Orienteers |
| Found in | Use it or lose it, 2006 t.p. (Peter Snell) NZ files, July 12, 2007 (x-ref.: Snell, Peter G. (Peter George), 1938-) LC database, Dec. 20, 2019 (access points: Snell, Peter, 1938- ; Snell, Peter G.; usage: Peter Snell) Guardian WWW site, viewed Dec. 20, 2019 (Sir Peter Snell; Peter George Snell, athlete, born 17 December 1938 in the small North Island town of Opunake; died 13 December 2019; won three Olympic gold medals in middle-distance running during the early 1960s. After retiring from athletics he worked in the tobacco industry for Rothmans in a public relations capacity. In 1973 he moved to the US, where he gained a science degree at the University of California and a PhD in exercise physiology at Washington State University before moving to Dallas, Texas, in 1981. There he became director of the Human Performance Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, concentrating mostly on sports fitness and becoming one of the most respected experts in his field. He did not leave the university until the age of 75. In 2003 he became the US over-65s orienteering champion and in 2017, he competed in table-tennis events at the World Masters Games in Auckland at 78) |
| Associated language | eng |
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