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MonteCarloIt is with sadness that the IAAF has learnt of the sudden and tragic death of Andy Norman.
Andy Norman (GBR) died earlier today (24) having just returned to the UK on a flight from Stuttgart, Germany where over the weekend he had been working as the IAAF Advertising Commissioner at the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final (22/23).
Andy Norman was the former promotions officer for the British Athletic Federation, the forerunner to UK Athletics, the present IAAF Member Federation for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Since his departure from the federation in 1994, he had been a meeting promoter in South Africa and Eastern Europe, had worked as an Advertising Commissioner at numerous Grand Prix meetings in the last two decades, and was currently listed as a ‘Race Agent’ by UK Athletics.
A former policeman, Andy Norman, in the role of Athletes’ Representative managed a ‘Who’s Who’ of athletes from the golden era of British Athletics in the 1980s and 1990s: Steve Ovett, Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Iwan Thomas, Steve Backley, Kelly Holmes, Jonathan Edwards, were just some of his many former clients.
Andy Norman also served one term as EAA Council Member 1991-4.
The IAAF offers its sincere condolences and best wishes to his family.
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2 October - The funeral will be held on Wednesday 10th October 2007. It will be a family affair only, with his wife Fatima Whitbread and immediate next-of-kin requesting former colleagues and friends to respect their wishes to hold a private burial. There will an opportunity in the near future to celebrate the life of Andy Norman at a memorial service.