Gary James Oakes was a British

Great Britain

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 athlete who mainly competed in the men's 400 metre hurdles event during his career. He competed for Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

 held in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, where he won the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 in the 400 metre hurdles. A member of the Haringey & Southgate Athletic Club he is married to fellow two-time Olympic bronze medallist Heather Hunte

Heather Hunte

Heather Oakes is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She was born in Hackney, London and joined the Haringey Athletics Club...

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