Arnold Churchill
Arnold Churchill (born March 4, 1883 in Wandsworth , Greater London , † April 23, 1975 in Birmingham ) was a British athlete.
life and career
Churchill studied at Caius College , Cambridge and won the 1904 competition against Oxford University over the three miles. In 1903 and 1904 he became university champion in cross-country running .
He was part of the British contingent for the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens , where he started over 1500 meters and over 5 miles. Churchill, who had already shown himself out of shape at home in the run-up to the games, did not find it in Greece and did not reach the goal in either of the two competitions.
After the Olympic Games in 1907 he was admitted as a barrister . During World War I he served as a captain in the London Regiment and then returned to his law firm in Birmingham. In his later years, Churchill was a member of the Harborne Golf Club .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Arnold Churchill in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on March 4, 2015.
- ↑ a b Short biography at library.la84.org , accessed on March 4, 2015
- ↑ Ron Fisher's Fifty Years of HGC Memories article on harbornegolfclub.co.uk, accessed March 4, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Churchill, Arnold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Churchill, Arnold Robertson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wandsworth , Greater London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1975 |
| Place of death | Birmingham |