Ernest Webb
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Full name | Ernest James Webb | ||||||||||||
nation | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
birthday | April 25, 1874 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | London , UK | ||||||||||||
size | 174 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg | ||||||||||||
date of death | February 24, 1937 | ||||||||||||
Place of death | Toronto , Canada | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Go | ||||||||||||
society | Herne Hill Harriers | ||||||||||||
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Ernest Webb ( Ernest James "Ernie" Webb ; born April 25, 1874 in the London Borough of Hackney , † February 24, 1937 in Toronto , Canada ) was a British walker .
At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 , he won over 3500 m walking and in the ten-mile track walking the silver medal behind his compatriot George Larner .
In 1912 he won another silver medal in the 10,000-meter walk behind the Canadian George Goulding at the Olympic Games in Stockholm .
From 1908 to 19010 he was three times in a row British champion in seven-mile track walking, in 1909 and 1910 also in two-mile track walking.
Web links
- Ernest Webb in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Webb, Ernest |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Webb, Ernest James; Webb, Ernie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British walker |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London Borough of Hackney |
DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1937 |
Place of death | Toronto |