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'''Frederick Kitching''' (4 July 1886 &ndash; 11 August 1918) was a British athlete. He competed in the [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump|men's standing long jump]] event at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frederick-kitching-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frederick-kitching-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frederick Kitching Olympic Results |accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref> He was killed in action during [[World War I]].<ref name="WWI">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id%3D65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=26 August 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>
'''Frederick Overend Kitching''' (4 July 1886 &ndash; 11 August 1918) was a British athlete. He competed in the [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump|men's standing long jump]] event at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frederick-kitching-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/frederick-kitching-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frederick Kitching |accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref> He was killed in action during [[World War I]].<ref name="WWI">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id%3D65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=26 August 2016 }}</ref>


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* {{IOC profile|fredreick-o-kitching|Fredreick O. Kitching}}


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Frederick Kitching
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Overend Kitching
Born(1886-07-04)4 July 1886
Cockerton, County Durham, England
Died11 August 1918(1918-08-11) (aged 32)
Dunkirk, France
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventStanding long jump

Frederick Overend Kitching (4 July 1886 – 11 August 1918) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's standing long jump event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] He was killed in action during World War I.[2]

Personal life

Kitching served as an orderly in the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War.[3] He joined the unit after declaring himself a conscientious objector. Serving for two years, Kitching died in a German air raid on Dunkirk in August 1918.[4] He is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Kitching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Kitching, Frederick Overend". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Frederick Overend Kitching (1886-1918)". Durham at War. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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