Wilfrid Tatham
| Wilfrid Tatham in 1928 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1898年12月12日)12 December 1898 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Died | 26 July 1978(1978年07月26日) (aged 79) Jamestown, Saint Helena |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 400 metres hurdles |
| Club | University of Cambridge Achilles Club |
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Wilfrid George Tatham (12 December 1898 – 26 July 1978) was a British hurdler, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit ]Tatham, educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, finished third behind Frenchman Armand Burtin in the 1 mile event at the 1920 AAA Championships.[1] [2] [3]
Tatham became the national 440 yards hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1924 AAA Championships.[4] [5] At the 1924 Olympic Games, Tatham competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles.[6]
Tatham was fourth in the 440 yard hurdles at the 1930 British Empire Games.[7] [8] He was a schoolmaster at Eton College at the time of the 1930 Games.[9]
Tatham received the Military Cross as a member of the Coldstream Guards. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[10]
Archives
[edit ]A collection of archival material related to Wilfrid Tatham can be found at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham [11]
References
[edit ]- ^ "The Athletic Championships" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics" . Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "To-day's Athletics" . Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletic Championships" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wilfrid Tatham Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Wilfrid Tatham". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wilfrid Tatham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "UoB CALMVIEW2: Overview". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Wilfrid Tatham at Olympedia Edit on Wikidata
- Wilfrid Tatham at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Edit on Wikidata
- 1898 births
- 1978 deaths
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Coldstream Guards officers
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- British male hurdlers
- British male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- People from Bromley
- People from Kent (before 1965)
- Athletes from the London Borough of Bromley
- English male hurdlers
- English male middle-distance runners
- 20th-century English sportsmen