Dave Norris (athlete)

Dave Norris

ONZM

Norris in 2017
Personal information
Full name	David Stanley Norris
Born	(1939-12-14) 14 December 1939 Birkenhead, New Zealand
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth Long jump 1958 Cardiff Triple jump

David Stanley Norris ONZM (born 14 December 1939) is a former New Zealand athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump.

Norris competed at five British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1974. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's long jump. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff he had won the bronze medal in the triple jump. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he competed in both the long jump and triple jump. Norris won a total of 28 national titles and broke 11 records in jumping and hurdling events over his career.

Norris also played 31 games of basketball for New Zealand. He was later the chief executive of North Harbour Basketball in Auckland.

After retiring from competitive athletics in 1978, Norris worked as a coach. He spent most of his working life as a school teacher in the Auckland area, teaching at Avondale College, Waiuku College and Kelston Boys' High School, before becoming deputy principal at Rangitoto College and then principal of Glenfield College.

Norris was part of a dedicated team who, led by Sir Graeme Avery, created the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health on Auckland's North Shore. He managed the New Zealand team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Norris was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and the community.