Dr Michael Beable, of Wānaka, MNZM for services to athletics
Dr Michael Beable was selected twice for New Zealand international teams and began formal coaching in 1974, in partnership with his wife, Mrs Barbara Beable. He has coached 55 athletes representing New Zealand, including at Olympic, Commonwealth Games and World Championships. He was Auxiliary Coach at the 1990 Auckland Games and served on the Athletics New Zealand National Coaching Committee, where he helped produce the Athletics New Zealand Coaching Manual, from which the junior athletics’ Run-Jump-Throws programme was derived. He led development of the national coaching structure and Coaches Diploma. He continues to coach school athletes and high-performing senior athletes.