Nick Sloane (athlete)
Nicholas Shaun Sloane, (Nick Sloane) (November 15, 1953 – August 22, 2017) was an English track and field athlete.
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Nick Sloane was educated at St Mary's Catholic Academy Blackpool and Leeds Beckett University. In 1972 he won the freshers race at Leeds Polytechnic.[1] He was Lancashire senior cross-country champion in 1976 and was captain of the Lancashire Cross-country team.[2] He won the Brampton to Carlisle 10 mile road race in 1973 and again in 1975. His time in 1975 was 45 min 50 sec, a record which stands for over 40 years.[3] This race was also won by Steve Cram in 1984 and 1987 and by Ron Hill in 1974.[4] He won the Isle of Man 5 mile Road Race in 1978.[5]
From 2000 to 2017 he was Managing Director of Jøtul in the UK.[6] He died of cancer in August 2017. He had been married for 37 years and had two sons.
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