{{Short description|British/Canadian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Fred Wyers | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English / Canadian | birth_date = 1932 | birth_place = Prescot, England | death_date = 16 July 2006 (aged 73) | death_place = Canada | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | height = | weight = | club = Darlington AC }}
'''Frederick Wyers''' (1932-2006), was a male athlete who competed for England and Canada.
== Biography == Wyers was a member of Darlington AC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003215/19580630/121/0007 |title=Nagamai will miss big Ascot race |work=Daily News (London) |page=7 |date=30 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref>
He represented the England athletics team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19580629/024/0024 |title=Eldon Runs Six Miles At Cardiff |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |page=24 |date=29 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> in the triple jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39640|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726160535/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39640|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
He emigrated to Canada in 1960, via Lethbridge Alberta and became the 1963 Canadian Triple Jump Champion.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
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