Kenneth Hampden Pridie (8 March 1906 – 4 May 1963) was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competed in the

1930 British Empire Games The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what now is known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930. The games were organized by ''Hamilton Spectator'' sportswriter Bobby Robinso ...

and in the

1934 British Empire Games The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events wer ...

. He was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. At the

he finished fourth in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

event and sixth in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

competition. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the shot put contest and finished sixth in the discus throw event at the

. Pridie was an

orthopaedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

. He studied at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. With a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England he visited

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in Vienna, Watson-Jones in Liverpool and Girdlestone in Oxford. Twenty-eight years old he became a fracture surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He developed several devices for fracture treatment and was an eminent surgeon. Pridie is known for a particular cartilage repair technique where repair by fibrocartilage formation is stimulated by drilling small holes into the subchondral bone plate after surgical debridement of cartilage defects, known as the ''Pridie drilling'' technique. He died of a heart attack in 1963.Ken Pridie Obituary
. South West Orthopaedic Club. Retrieved on 2015-07-01.

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at ''TOPS in athletics'' 1906 births 1963 deaths Sportspeople from Bristol English male shot putters British male shot putters British male discus throwers English male discus throwers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games British orthopaedic surgeons English surgeons 20th-century surgeons Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub