Former athletics chief Norman dies

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Norman, 64, was fired in 1994 from his £65,000-a-year job as promotions officer of the British Athletics Federation, the national governing body, after a coroner said that allegations of a sexual nature he made against Sunday Times athletics writer Cliff Temple were a contributing factor in the journalist's suicide.

Norman played a key role in promoting British athletics

Norman, a former Metropolitan Police sergeant, rose to a position of great power in the sport, at a time when its officials were volunteers working unpaid, after great success promoting meetings at Crystal Palace.

But his influence was based on his relationship with Britain's greatest athletes, and at different times he represented, as race agent, Steve Ovett, Jonathan Edwards, Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Kelly Holmes and Steve Backley.

In 1997 he married former world javelin record holder Fatima Whitbread, with whom he had a son, Ryan, now 8. The couple later separated.