Geoffrey David Claud Tudor (29 December 1923 – 2 October 2018) was a British middle-distance runner.

Career

Born in 1923 he was the son of

Claud Tudor Colonel Claud Lechmere St John Tudor (27 December 1888 – 3 August 1977) was a British Army officer and English cricketer active from 1910 to 1927, who played for Sussex. He was born in Willingdon, Sussex and died in Oxford . Tudor appeared in ...

.Ancestry LifeStory: Geoffrey David Claud Tudor
/ref> Geoffrey competed in 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 ...

in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event. Tudor later taught English and Mathematics at

Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

from 1948-49 before moving to Devon to teach at the

University College of the South West of England The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...

. He died in October 2018 at the age of 94Ancestry: Mr Geoffrey David Claud Tudor in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2018
/ref> in Bradiford, Devon.

References

1923 births 2018 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics British male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Teachers at Abingdon School Academics of the University of Exeter British people in colonial India {{UK-athletics-bio-stub