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England At The 1954 British Empire And Commonwealth Games
England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. England finished at the top of the medal table. Medal table The athletes that competed are listed below. Athletes Bowls Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Rowing Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling References {{Commonwealth Games medallists 1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ... Nations at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games British Empire & Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Commonwealth Games England
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is the national Commonwealth Games Association for England. The company is responsible for supporting and managing the participation of England at the Commonwealth Games, Team England at the Commonwealth Games'. History Commonwealth Games Council for England The Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) was originally responsible for 'Team England' and oversaw each team between the 1930 British Empire Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the England teams at the Commonwealth Youth Games. Membership of the Games Council consisted of representatives from 26 different sports on the Commonwealth Games#List of Commonwealth sports, Commonwealth Games' Sports Programme, supported by a small salaried team. CGCE's president was gold medallist Sir Christopher Chataway, the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and a teammate of Sir Roger Bannister. Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jean Pickering
Jean Catherine Pickering (née Desforges; 4 July 1929 – 25 March 2013) was a female track and field athlete from Great Britain, who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump. She won bronze medals at the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games and is the only British woman to have won gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in both a track and a field event (4 × 100 m relay in 1950, long jump in 1954). During her career she set British records in the women's pentathlon and the long jump. She and her husband, Ron Pickering, had a lasting impact on British athletics, particularly through the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund, which provides support to young track and field athletes. Her son, Shaun Pickering, became an Olympian and a Commonwealth Games medallist, competing in the shot put. Athletics career Born in Forest Gate, London, she made her international debut at the age of eighteen, competing in the 80 m hurdles. She represented Great Britain at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Harry Kane (hurdler)
Harry Kane (born 24 May 1933) is a British former Olympic hurdler. Born "Harry Cohen" to a Jewish family in England, he set British and Maccabiah Games records during his career. Biography In his early athletics career, in May 1949, Kane finished runner up in two flat races in an athletics competition held in Victoria Park, Bethnal Green. Kane finished second in the 220yds sprint to his cousin, Ivor Baylin and Kane finished second to Dove in the 440yds race. At the 1953 Maccabiah Games, Kane won the 400 metres with a games record times of 50.5. In 1954, Kane set an English inter-country record in the 440 yard hurdles, and matched the Scottish all-comers record. Kane became the British 440 yards hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1954 AAA Championships, with a time of 53.4.. Shortly afterwards Kane represented the England team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where he finished second and claimed the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Derek Johnson (runner)
Derek James Neville Johnson (5 January 1933 – 30 August 2004) was a British track and field athlete who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Biography Johnson was born in East Ham, London, and educated at East Ham Grammar School. He did his National Service in Egypt before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford, to read medicine in 1953. He pursued an athletics career and finished second behind Peter Fryer in the 440 yards event at the 1954 AAA Championships. This led to selection for the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where he subsequently represented England in the in the 880 yards and the 4 x 440 yards relay. He won two gold medals in the individual 880 yards event and the 4 x 440 yards relay event with Peter Higgins, Peter Fryer and Alan Dick. Johnson became the British 880 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1955 AAA Championships, and went on to win a silver and bronze medal representing Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ann Johnson (athlete)
Ann Elaine Johnson (born 28 September 1933) is a British sprinter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Biography Johnson grew up in Hythe, Kent. Her father Joe was a sprinter. Johnson finished third behind Sylvia Cheeseman in the 220 yards event at the 1952 WAAA Championships. Shortly afterwards she represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, competing in the women's 200 metres competition. Johnson national 220 yards champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1953 WAAA Championships and successfully retained her title the following year at the 1954 WAAA Championships. One month later she represented England in the 220 yards and long jump at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Higham
Christopher Eric Edward Higham (1930–2020) was an English athlete. Higham represented England and won a silver medal in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Higham died in Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ... in 2020, at the age of 89. References 1930 births 2020 deaths English male hurdlers British male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games People from Richmond, London Athletes from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{UK-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peter Higgins (athlete)
Francis Peter Higgins (16 November 1928 – 8 September 1993) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres, who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Biography Higgins finished third behind Peter Fryer in the 440 yards event at the 1954 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented the England team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where he won a gold medal in the 4 x 440 yards event with Peter Fryer, Alan Dick and Derek Johnson. Higgins was third again behind Fryer at the 1955 AAA Championships, improving to second behind Michael Wheeler at the 1956 AAA Championships. Later that year in 1956 he represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Michael Wheeler, John Salisbury and Derek Johnson. Higgins finally became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1957 AAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brian Hewson
Brian Stanford Hewson (4 April 1933 – 13 September 2022) was a middle-distance runner who represented Great Britain at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1958 European Championships. Hewson was one of the first men to run a four-minute mile, clocking 3:59.8 at the White City Stadium in London on 28 May 1955. As he placed third to László Tábori and Chris Chataway, he became the first to run a mile in less than four minutes and not finish in the top two; before that race, only Roger Bannister and John Landy had run a four-minute mile. Early life and education Hewson was born in Croydon, Surrey. He went to Pollards Hill Junior School, Pollards Hill, London and continued his education at Mitcham Grammar School, Mitcham, London, followed by aged 16 learning every aspect of tailoring at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London. Athletics career Early running career Hewson started running whilst attending Mitcham Grammar School. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shirley Hampton
Shirley Hampton married name Shirley Pirie (born 15 September 1935) is a former athlete who competed for England. Early life Hampton originated from Orpington. Her father was Harold and she attended Woolwich Polytechnic. Athletics career Hampton finished second behind Sylvia Cheeseman in the 220 yards event at the 1952 WAAA Championships. After finished second behind Ann Johnson in the 220 yards event at the 1952 WAAA Championships, she represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay and a bronze medal in the 220 yards at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Other achievements in 1954 included winning a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in Bern. In 1955, she finished second and third respectively in the sprints at the 1955 WAAA Championships. Hampton finished third behind June Paul in the 220 yards event at the 1956 WAAA Championships and then broke the world record with a time of 56.4 when she wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fred Green (athlete)
Frederick Green (25 July 1926–17 July 2006), was a male athlete who competed for England and 3 miles world record holder. Biography Green finished second behind Gordon Pirie in the 3 miles event at the 1953 AAA Championships. On 10 July 1954 Green defeated Christopher Chataway in the 1954 AAA Championships at White City Stadium and broke the three miles world record held by Gunder Hägg by recording 13 minutes 32.2 sec; Chataway's time was also under the world record. Shortly afterwards, he represented England and won a silver medal in the 3 miles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ..., Canada. Later that year Green was voted best champion of 1954 and duly retired from athletics to take up coaching. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peter Fryer (athlete)
Peter Goodwin Fryer (1928-1999), was a male athlete who competed for England. Biography Fryer became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1953 AAA Championships. Shortly after retaining his AAA title at the 1954 AAA Championships, Fryer represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. He won gold medal in the 4 x 440 yards event with Peter Higgins, Alan Dick and Derek Johnson. Fryer won a third consecutive AAA title at the 1955 AAA Championships The 1955 AAA Championships was the 1955 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 15 to 16 July 1955 at White City Stadium White City Stadium in London, .... References 1928 births 1999 deaths English male sprinters British male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Ellis (athlete)
George Stuart Ellis (7 September 1932 – 17 January 2023) was an athlete who competed for England. Biography He attended Keswick Grammar School (now Keswick School). He finished third in both the 100 yards and 220 yards events at the 1951 AAA Championships (both won by McDonald Bailey). Ellis had a sensational year in 1954, he became the British 100 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1954 AAA Championships and later that month he represented England in the sprint disciplines at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. One month later in August, he won three medals at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ... and was the British number one for 1954. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |