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Great Britain At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 257 competitors, 213 men and 44 women, took part in 127 events in 18 sports. In 1952, they achieved their only gold medal during the last event of the last day of competition in Helsinki. Along with 1904 and 1996, this is Great Britain's lowest gold medal count. Medallists Gold * Harry Llewellyn, Duggie Stewart, and Wilf White — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition Silver * Sheila Lerwill — Athletics, Women's High Jump * Charles Currey — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition Bronze * McDonald Bailey — Athletics, Men's 100 metres * John Disley — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase * Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, and June Foulds-Paul — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay * Shirley Cawley — Athletics, Women's long jump * Donald Burgess, George Newberry, Alan Newton, and Ronald Stretton — Cycling, Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Olympic Association
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, the European Youth Olympic Festivals, and at the European Games. BOA members and sporting bodies The British Olympic Association – of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories which do not have their own NOC – competes at all summer, winter and youth Olympics as Great Britain ("Team GB"). Members The association comprises members from the following – * ** ** ** ** Note – Northern Irish athletes can choose whether to compete for Great Britain or for the Republic of Ireland, as they are entitled to citizenship of either nation under the Good Friday Agreement. Crown Dependencies: * * * British Overse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports and military systems. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different forms such as freestyle, Greco-Roman, judo, sambo, folkstyle, catch, submission, sumo, pehlwani, shuai jiao and others. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (sometimes more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules, with both traditional historic and modern styles. The term ''wrestling'' is attested in late Old English, as ''wræstlunge'' (glossing ''palestram''). History Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. The origins of wrestl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Burgess
Donald Christopher "Don" Burgess (born 8 February 1933) is a retired track cyclist from Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Alan Newton (cyclist), Alan Newton, George Newberry, and Ronald Stretton. Burgess also competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and once again won bronze. References External links * * * 1933 births Living people English track cyclists English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Hendon Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Greater London Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{England-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Cawley
Shirley Cawley (born 26 April 1932) is a British former athlete who won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. She was born in Croydon and ran for the Croydon Harriers Croydon Harriers is an athletics club based in Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the large .... She married John R. Berry in 1958. References * External links * 1932 births Living people English female long jumpers Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{UK-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Foulds
June Florence Paul (née Foulds; 13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner. Personal life Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents. She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul. Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer and their nephew Barry Paul won a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She was the second wife of singer Ronnie Carroll, with whom she co-owned a successful club in Grenada in the 1970s, until political unrest halted tourism. They were to later divorce. Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years. She ran a food stall and became a key figure in the development of the Camden Lock Markets, she ran several restaurants in London, including those trading as "Huffs". In 1993 she started running the "Hampstead Everyman Cinema", in Hampstead, London, turning the basement into a popular bar and restaurant, later selling the entire site to the Everyman Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Desforges
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, followed in his mother's footsteps and went on to become 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& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Cheeseman
Sylvia Cheeseman (born 19 May 1929) is an English retired sprinter. Competing in relays, she won two medals at the 1950 British Empire Games and one at the 1952 Olympics. Individually she was eliminated in the 200 m at the 1948 Olympics and in the 1952 Olympics she won her heat but was eliminated in the semi-final. She won the Amateur Athletic Association of England title in this event in 1946–1949 and 1951–1952, placing second in 1950. Early life Cheeseman's mother was a concert pianist, her father was a double bass player and a founding member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and her sister was an international model. She lived on Derwent Road, in Whitton, London. She attended Spring Grove Grammar School.''Marylebone Mercury'' Saturday 13 September 1947, page 3 Personal life In 1957 she married the Olympic runner John Disley John Ivor Disley CBE (20 November 1928 – 8 February 2016) was a Welsh athlete. He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Armitage
Heather Joy Armitage (later ''Young'', then ''McClelland;'' born 17 March 1933) is a British retired sprinter and British record holder for the 100 yards. Sporting career Armitage won her first major title representing Yorkshire in the all England schools 100 yards in 1951 aged 18. She competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 m events and won two medals in the relay. Her best individual achievement was sixth place in the 100 m in 1956. In 1958, she won three medals at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff including as the anchor in the English 4 × 110 yards relay team alongside Madeleine Weston, June Paul and anchor Dorothy Hyman that won the gold medal and set a new world record of 45.37 seconds in the process. Later that year Armitage took 100 m gold at the 1958 European Championships in Athletics in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Disley
John Ivor Disley CBE (20 November 1928 – 8 February 2016) was a Welsh athlete. He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before co-founding the London Marathon and becoming active in sports promotion and administration. He was born in Corris, a village in Gwynedd and attended Oswestry Boys High School in Oswestry before studying at Loughborough College. He competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki in the 3000 metres steeplechase where he won the bronze medal. He set five British records in the steeplechase and four at two miles. He also set Welsh records at six different distances. He also broke the record for the traverse of the Welsh 3000 foot peaks. He represented Wales twice at the Commonwealth Games, competing in 1954 and 1958, but did not win a medal either time. Disley's job was teaching PE at Isleworth Grammar School in south-west London. Disley was one of the founders of the London Marathon, first held in 1981, after runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald Bailey
Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (8 December 1920 – 4 December 2013) was a British and Trinidadian athlete, who was born in Williamsville, Trinidad and Tobago. Bailey won a bronze medal in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games. He competed for Great Britain in the men's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, where he finished sixth and last in the final, and the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki where he won the bronze medal. He jointly held the 100 m world record at 10.2 seconds between 1951 and 1956 and won the sprint double seven times at the AAA Championships. In the 1948/9 season he worked on fitness and speed with Queen's Park Rangers F.C. Who won their first ever promotion that season. From Football League 3rd Division South to Football League 2nd Division. In 1953 he joined rugby League club Leigh, but he only played in one friendly match for them. in 1977 Bailey was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's Chaconia Medal The Chaconia Medal is the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Currey
Charles Norman Currey (26 February 1916 – 10 May 2010) was a British sailor who won a silver medal in Finn class at the 1952 Olympics. Currey was born into a marine family. He had to abandon an anticipated career in the British Navy due to an illness, and instead became a renowned sailor and boat builder. At the onset of World War II he was accepted as a member of Royal Naval Reserve, and was eventually promoted to lieutenant commander and appointed as captain of a gunboat patrolling the English Channel. He then returned to boat building and became an expert in the Firefly dinghy. He was considered for the 1948 Olympic team in this boat class, and was selected in 1952, when he won a silver medal ahead the Swedish boat designer Rickard Sarby. After that Currey designed and sailed other types of dinghies, as well as powerboat A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Lerwill
Sheila W. Lerwill (born 16 August 1928) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She broke the World record for women's high jump on 7 July 1951 in London with a jump of 1.72 meters, beating the previous record of 1.71 meters set by Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands on 30 May 1943 in Amsterdam. The record was broken on 22 May 1954 by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters. She competed for Great Britain in the high jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics, held in Helsinki, Finland, where she won the silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ... with a jump of 1.65 metres. It was Britain's best athletics medal at the games. References 1928 births Living people British female high jumpers Olympic silver med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
