{{short description|British middle-distance runner (1945–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = John Bicourt | image = 150px | caption = Bicourt in 1974 | nationality = British | sport = Middle-distance running | event = Steeplechase | club = Belgrave Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|10|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wandsworth, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|01|16|1945|10|25|df=yes}} | death_place = | height =176 cm | weight = 68 kg }}
'''John Peter Bicourt''' (25 October 1945 – 16 January 2023) was a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/john-bicourt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/john-bicourt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=John Bicourt Olympic Results |accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Bicourt competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase and finished second behind Steve Hollings in the 3,000m steeplechase event at the 1972 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19720716/031/0031 |title=AAA Championships full results |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=16 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68882 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
He finished second again behind Hollings at the 1973 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> before travelling to Christchurch, New Zealand and representing England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37187|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923163328/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37187|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2019|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Bicourt would podium again at the AAA Championships but this time third behind Tony Staynings at the 1975 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain for a second time at the Olympics.<ref name=oly/>
Bicourt died on 16 January 2023, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belgrave double Olympian John Bicourt 1945–2023 |url=https://www.belgraveharriers.com/news/belgrave-double-olympian-john-bicourt-1945-2023 |access-date=16 January 2023 |publisher=Belgrave Harriers |date=16 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=John Bicourt, athlete who excelled at 3,000m steeplechase before becoming an agent and critic of the sport's leadership – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/01/25/john-bicourt-athlete-who-excelled-3000m-steeplechase-becoming/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 January 2023}}</ref>
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