Geoffrey Turner (athlete)
Geoffrey Turner (16 May 1907 – 2 May 1932) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Turner also competed in the 1930 British Empire Games, finishing 6th in the high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f .... He died of sepsis in 1932. References 1907 births 1932 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics British male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Place of birth missing {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ...
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