Embleton finished second behind
Roger Mills in the 3km walk event and runner-up behind
Paul Nihill in the 10km walk event at the
1969 AAA Championships. Embleton would podium three more times in the
AAA Championships 3km walk in 1970, 1971 and 1972. He did however became the
British 10,000m walk champion twice, after winning the titles at the
1971 AAA Championships and
1972 AAA Championships. At the 1972 Olympics Games in
Munich, he represented
Great Britain in the
men's 20 kilometres walk. His career and life was cut short after he died of leukemia at
St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1974 at the age of 25. == References ==