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List Of British Champions In 10 Miles
The British 10 miles athletics champions covers the AAA Championships from 1880-1972. The event was discontinued after 1972. Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Past winners References {{Reflist Lists of British champions in athletics, 10 miles metres Lists of British athletics champions, British 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] |
Adam Underwood
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George Bailey (athlete) .
In 1932 he finished fifth in the 3000 metre steeplechase event. In the 5000 metres competition he was eliminated in the first round. At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in ...
George William Bailey (29 April 1906 – 24 July 2000) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wood (runner)
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Jack Winfield
John William Winfield (27 October 1907 – January 1991) was an English long-distance runner who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. He was born in Stanley Common Stanley Common is a village in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is situated on the A609 main road between Ilkeston and Derby and is in the Erewash borough, although in the new (2010) UK parliamentary constituency .... At 1930 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 3 miles event. In the 6 miles competition he finished seventh. ReferencesJack Winfield - He just kept running 1907 births 1991 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics English male long-distance runners Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games People from the Borough of Erewash Sportspeople from Derbyshire {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Harper
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Jack Webster (runner)
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Ernie Harper
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Halland Britton
Halland Britton (18 February 1890 – 11 February 1975) was an English long-distance runner who finished sixth in the 10 km race at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the Amateur Athletic Association of England The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, having been established on 24 April 1880. Historically it effectively oversaw athletics throughout Britai ... 10 miles title in 1921, 22 and 1924. Britton placed 11th at the 1921 International Cross Country Championships, winning a gold medal with the England team. References 1890 births 1975 deaths Sportspeople from Derby English male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Clibbon
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Joe Blewitt
Charles Edward "Joe" Blewitt (1 November 1895 – 30 May 1954) was a British runner, who won Midland Championships over distances ranging from 880 yd to 10 miles. He was English national and international champion in cross-country running, and competed for Great Britain at the 1920 and 1928 Olympics. In 1920 he finished fifth in the 3000 m and 5000 m, earning a silver medal in the 3000 m team event. In 1928 he failed to reach the final of the 3000 m steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing .... He withdrew from the 1924 Olympic steeplechase race due to an injury. References 1895 births 1954 deaths People from Upton-upon-Severn English male long-distance runners English male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic silver m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fennah
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