Samuel Ferris (29 August 1900 – 21 March 1980) was a British and Northern Irish

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athlete who competed mainly in the

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and competed at the

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Career

Ferris was born in Magherabeg, near Dromore,

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. Ferris became the national marathon champion after winning the British

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title at the 1925 AAA Championships. He successfully retained his title at both the 1926 AAA Championships and the

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. He won a silver medal for

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in the marathon at the 1932 Olympic Games. He served as the second president of the then recently formed UK Road Runners Club during 1954.

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1900 births 1980 deaths Male long-distance runners from Northern Ireland British male marathon runners British male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Athletes from County Down Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Male marathon runners from Northern Ireland Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games People from Dromore, County Down English male marathon runners English male long-distance runners 20th-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{NorthernIreland-athletics-bio-stub