Geoff was trained by Geoffrey Dyson , who was
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Britains chief national coach for track and field (1947 - 1961)
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A significant part of his work for Britain during this period was
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personal coaching of high calibre athletes, The Dyson Team
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were a selected group of athletes who were coached with Olympic performance as the prime target and they were extremely
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successful. The five selected all became British record holders, three won olympic medals. They were Maureen Gardner -Silver medal for 80 M hurdles, Shirley Cawley and John Disley won Bronze in the long jump & 3000m steeplechase respectively , John Savage became the first man to throw over 50 feet in the shot. Geoff Elliott specialized in the pole vault and was twice Commonwealth Games champion.
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