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📣« Peter Norman, le paria invisible »

🗓Publié le 28 août 2025
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Happy 83rd birthday to #PeterNorman. Australian track athlete who won silver in 200 meters at the 1968 #SummerOlympics but was blacklisted from competing for Australia in future games because they linked him to the Black Power salute picture he was in.

Obituary: Peter Norman Obituary: Unlikely Australian participant in black athletes' Olympic civil rights protest.

"When Carlos realised he had forgotten his black gloves, Norman suggested the two share Smith's pair. He then asked what he could do to support them..."

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1942-2006
Born on this day

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🏅 'Did you know? Peter Norman faced career ruin after the 1968 Olympics!'

What challenges do you think athletes face after major competitions?

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💯% he would have been! 😊
Both total legends! #GoutGout #PeterNorman

On this day, October 16th, in 1968: Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and Peter Norman, staged a silent protest during their Olympic victory ceremony in Mexico City.

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