Wilf Paish

Wilf Paish MBE (Wilfred Henry Charles Paish, 29 July 1932 – 29 January 2010) was a British athletics coach. He helped train athletes such as Olympic champion Tessa Sanderson, Mick Hill and Peter Elliott. Paish was chief coach for South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]

Personal and family life

Wilf married Margaret H. Norman in 1957 and they had two daughters. His hobby was philately, and in the 1980s he was a well-known figure, as a part-time stamp dealer, at stamp fairs in the West Yorkshire area. He died after a long illness at the age of 77 on 29 January 2010.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wilf Paish: Tributes pour in for athletics coach, Yorkshire Evening Post, 29 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Paish passes away after long illness IAAF.org


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