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Dick Quax (Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus Quax) was born on 1 January, 1948 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, is a New Zealand athlete (1948–2018). Discover Dick Quax's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus Quax
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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January 1948
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Alkmaar, Netherlands
Date of death 28 May, 2018
Died Place Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1948

Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician.

1954

Quax and his family arrived in New Zealand from the Netherlands on 10 October 1954.

According to an interview in the New Zealand Listener the family had travelled on the same ship as future Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres.

1969

Quax became a naturalised New Zealander in 1969.

1970

At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, Quax won the silver medal in the 1500 metres.

In the 5000 m, at the 1972 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the heats, but he won silver in 1976.

1977

In 1977 at Stockholm Quax set a world record of 13:12.9 in the 5000 m. This record stood for less than a year, but as a national record it stood for over 31 years, until beaten by Adrian Blincoe in July 2008.

1979

In his later career Quax switched his focus to the marathon, running 2:11.13 in his debut for 4th place at the Nike OTC Marathon in 1979, at that time the fastest debut marathon in history.

1980

He did not compete in 1980 in Moscow due to the West's boycott.

Early in 1980 at Stanford Stadium Quax missed Jos Hermens' 15 km world record by five seconds, running a New Zealand national record of 43:01.7.

In 1980 he returned and won the race in a New Zealand record time of 2:10.47.

After retiring from competition, Quax established a career in sports management.

He also coached his son, Theo, the New Zealand U18 and U20 Champion for 1500 m.

Quax was a member of the ACT Party and stood in the in the electorate but was unsuccessful.

1991

Quax married three times, his third marriage being to Roxanne in August 1991.

He had three children, with Theo being on the NAU Lumberjacks cross country team.

1999

Quax stood for Parliament for the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002.

2001

He was a Manukau City councillor from 2001 to 2007, when he stood unsuccessfully for mayor, and was a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2011 until his death in 2018.

Quax won four New Zealand national athletics titles: the 5000 m in 1972, 1973, and 1974; and the one mile in 1969.

In October 2001 Quax was elected to the Manukau City Council for the Pakuranga ward and was re-elected in 2004 to represent the new Botany-Clevedon ward after a failed bid for the Manukau City mayoralty.

2002

He stood again in the 2002 general election.

2007

On 13 October 2007 Quax lost his bid to become mayor of Manukau City to Len Brown by 14,000 votes.

During this election, Quax complained to the electoral office over an "offensive flyer" depicting him and members of his People's Choice party as the Thunderbirds.

His complaint was not upheld as there was no evidence to suggest who had posted the flyers.

2010

Quax stood for Citizens & Ratepayers in the 2010 Auckland Council elections, losing to Jami-Lee Ross by 253 votes.

2011

He was ranked 11th on the ACT party list, which was too low to be elected from the list, as only the first 9 candidates got returned.

In 2011 Quax was elected to the council after a by-election was held in Howick due to Ross resigning after becoming a Member of Parliament.

2013

He was re-elected unopposed in 2013.

During the 2013 Len Brown mayoral scandal, Quax took the opportunity for political payback against Brown, leading the call for him to resign for not declaring hotel upgrades as gifts.

It emerged that Quax had also not filed returns on the gifts he had received during the previous term.

It was revealed on 27 November 2013 that Quax had been undergoing treatment for throat cancer, which had been diagnosed two months earlier.

2015

Quax tweeted in January 2015 about his disbelief that anyone in the Western world would go shopping by means of "walking, cycling, or public transit."

Twitter users responded by creating the hashtag "#quaxing".

The Public Address website voted "quaxing" as its word of the year 2015, followed by "Red Peak" and "twitterati".

"Quax, [verb; past: quaxed, present: quaxing] — to shop, in the western world, by means of walking, cycling or public transit. #quaxing"

2016

Quax was re-elected in the 2016 Auckland elections.

In his tenure as councilor, he opposed high density housing and public transportation, and supported selling Auckland's council-owned water and wastewater supplier Watercare Services.

While originally opposing the council's proposed Unitary Plan, Quax later supported the plan in full.

Quax was described by The New Zealand Herald as "right wing".

2018

Quax died of cancer in Auckland on 28 May 2018, aged 70.