Mel Spence
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| Birth name | Melville Spence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1936 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 October 2012 (aged 76) Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melville Spence (2 January 1936 – 28 October 2012) was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic sprint medalist.
He was a relay silver medalist at the 1955 Pan American Games and was runner-up in the individual 400 m event at the 1963 Pan American Games. He was part of the winning Jamaican 4×400 metres relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.