Arthur Sweeney

Arthur Sweeney
Full name	Arthur Wellington Sweeney
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	May 20, 1909
place of birth	Dublin ,  Ireland
date of death	December 27, 1940
Place of death	Takoradi ,  Ghana
Career
discipline	sprint
Medal table
European championships bronze 1938 Paris 4 x 100 meter relay British Empire Games gold 1934 London 100 yard run gold 1934 London 220 yards run gold 1934 London 4-by-110-yard relay English championship gold 1935 100 yard run gold 1936 220 yards run gold 1937 220 yards run gold 1939 100 yard run

Arthur Wellington Sweeney (born May 20, 1909 in Dublin , † December 27, 1940 in Takoradi , Ghana ) was a British sprinter .

At the British Empire Games in London in 1934 , he won over 100 yards , 220 yards and with the English 4-by-110-yard relay.

In 1936 he reached the semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Berlin over 100 m and was eliminated over 200 m in the preliminary run.

At the European Athletics Championships in Paris in 1938 he was fifth over 100 m and won bronze with the British team in the 4 x 100 meter relay .

He was twice English champion over 100 yards (1935, 1939) and 220 yards (1936, 1937).

He died in a plane crash.

Personal bests

• 100 yards: 9.8 s, 1936
• 100 m: 10.4 s, July 2, 1937, Wuppertal
• 220 yards: 21.2 s, September 14, 1935, Johannesburg (corresponds to 21.1 s over 200 m)

Web links

• Arthur Sweeney in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
• Arthur Sweeney in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Arthur Sweeney in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )