Lawrence Allen (25 April 1921 – 16 December 2018) was a British

racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He competed at club level for

City of Sheffield AC City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Sheffield, England. It is based at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium. The club competes in the British Athletics League Premiership and Northern Athletics ...

. He died in December 2018 at the age of 97.Yorkshire Race Walking Club: Sad Death of an Olympian
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1921 births 2018 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics British male racewalkers English male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Sheffield {{UK-athletics-bio-stub