Edgar Mountain
Edgar Mountain ( Edgar Donald Mountain; born April 2, 1901 in Camberwell , † April 30, 1985 in Grahamstown , South Africa ) was a British middle -distance runner who had specialized in the 800-meter distance .
At the Olympic Games he was fifth in Antwerp in 1920 and reached the semi-finals in Paris in 1924 .
In 1921 and 1922 he became English champion over 880 yards . He set his personal best of 1: 54.3 minutes on September 21, 1921 in Stockholm .
Web links
- Edgar Mountain in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Edgar Mountain in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Mountain, Edgar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mountain, Edgar Donald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Camberwell |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1985 |
| Place of death | Grahamstown |