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List Of British Champions In 10,000 Metres Walk
The British 10,000 metres walk athletics champions covers three competitions; the AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. The 10,000 metres walk was discontinued after the 2000 edition. Past winners * nc = not contested * + = UK Championships References {{Reflist 10,000 metres walk British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... British Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AAA Championships
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the official UK Athletics Championships organised by the then governing body for British athletics, the British Athletics Federation between 1977 and 1993, and again in 1997. It was succeeded by the British Athletics Championships, organised by the BEF's replacement/successor, UK Athletics under its brand name British Athletics. History The competition was founded in 1880, replacing the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC) Championships, which had been held since 1866. Initially a men-only competition, a Women's AAA Championships was introduced in 1922 with the first proper WAAA Championships in 1923 and organised by the Women's Amateur Athletics Association until 1992, at which point it was folded into the Amateur Athletics Association. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Pope (racewalker)
Alfred Vardy Pope (15 August 1909 – 11 May 1996) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1930 and 1939. He was in the club's championship winning team of 1936 and took 555 wickets overall. Pope was born at Tibshelf, Derbyshire and began work as a coal miner at the age of 14. Between 1923 and 1926, he was playing for the Tibshelf colliery cricket club which played in the Bassetlaw League and the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Collieries League. In 1925 at the age of 16, he was one of the scorers in a Derbyshire match at the County Ground. He joined Samuel Cadman's nursery at Derbyshire during the General Strike of 1926. Pope made his debut for Derbyshire the 1930 season in May against Middlesex taking 3 wickets in total and finishing not out in the only innings he played. He played one more match that year, and twice in the 1931 season taking a reasonable wicket toll in all matches. In the 1932 season he started playing the full season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Tolley
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Paul Nihill
Vincent Paul Nihill MBE (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2020) was a British race walker. Biography He competed in the 50 km event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1968 he suffered from the high altitude conditions of Mexico and collapsed at the 44th kilometre, which was his only defeat in 86 races between 1967 and 1970. After that he focused on the 20 km distance, and won a European title in this event in 1969, followed by a bronze medal in 1971. In July 1972 he set a world record in the 20 km, but finished only sixth at the 1972 Olympics. He also competed in the 20 km walk in the 1976 Olympics, before retiring the following year. Nihill became the Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1976. He died at the Maritime Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent on 15 December 2020, after contracting COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respirat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Williams (racewalker)
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Ken Matthews (race Walker)
Kenneth Joseph Matthews, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (21 June 1934 – 2 June 2019) was a British race walker, who won the Olympic (1964) and European (1962) titles in the 20 km walk. From 1957 Matthews worked as an electrician at a local Hams Hall power stations, power plant at Hams Hall near Sutton Coldfield and had to take a paid leave for competitions. In 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1964 he won the British titles in all three walking events. He took part in the 1960 Olympics, but failed to finish the 20 km race. He won the same event at the 1964 Games in a new Olympic record of 1.29:34. He was the only one of the four gold medallists from Great Britain who was not appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) soon afterwards in recognition of his achievement. Following a public outcry, he belatedly received the honours, for services to race walking, in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.Sam Knight (9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Vickers
Stanley Frank "Stan" Vickers (18 June 1932 – 17 April 2013) was a Lewisham-born British athlete who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk. He competed for Great Britain in the 20 kilometre walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ..., where he won the bronze medal. After the race, he sat down to rest and was carried off by an ambulance crew that thought he was sick. The crew did not speak English. Several hours passed before officials discovered what had happened. He died on 19 April 2013 at the age of 80. References 1932 births 2013 deaths British male racewalkers English male racewalkers Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Coleman (athlete)
George Coleman (21 November 1916 – 27 January 2005) was a British racewalker who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth .... He ranked fifth in the 10 kilometre walk in 1952 and seventh in the 20 kilometre walk in 1956. References 1916 births 2005 deaths Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Fulham Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Athletes from London British male racewalkers English male racewalkers {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Hardy
Roland Hardy (11 June 1926 – 14 June 2016) was a British racewalker who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sheepbridge, Derbyshire. Hardy was a five-time national champion in the 7 miles walk and a two-time national champion in the 2 miles walk. Biography Hardy was born in Sheepbridge, Derbyshire, in June 1926. At school, Hardy took part in both cricket and football. In the latter, he was noticed by Sheffield United's manager Teddy Davison, who signed him to play for the side. However, Hardy's National service stopped him from taking up a career in football. In April 1949, Hardy began to take up race walking, where he joined the Sheffield United Harriers. Later that year, Hardy won the 1949 Sheffield Star Walk, breaking the course record by 53 seconds. In August 1951, Hardy set a new world record in the 5-mile walk, beating the previous time by nine seconds, and then broke the British 7-mile record one year later. With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Staker
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Joe Coleman (racewalker) (1922–2000), American politician
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Harry Churcher
Harry Churcher (21 November 1910 – 24 June 1972) was a British racewalker. He competed in the 10 km walk at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1910 births 1972 deaths British male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |