George Larner
George Larner ( George Edward Larner ; born March 7, 1875 in Langley , Buckinghamshire , now Berkshire , † March 4, 1949 in Brighton ) was a British walker .
It was not until he was 28 that he found walking. In three years he won four championship titles and set nine world records. In 1906 he resigned to pursue his job as a police officer in Brighton. The police chief released him to prepare for and participate in the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
There he won two gold medals. Larner won the first preliminary fight in 15:32 minutes in the 3500 meter track. In the final he increased to 14: 55.0 min and won ahead of his compatriot Ernest Webb . In the 10-mile walk on the track, Larner won his preliminary fight in 1:18:19 hours. In the final he set a world record with 1:15:57 h and won again ahead of Webb.
After the 1908 Games, Larner resigned again, tried a comeback in 1911, but broke it off before the 1912 Olympic Games . George Larner then worked as a court judge for many years. Some of his British records were still in place when he died in 1949.
literature
- Ian Buchanan : British Olympians. London 1991, ISBN 0-85112-952-8
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996. Track and Fields Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )
Web links
- George Larner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Larner, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Larner, George Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British walker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langley |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1949 |
| Place of death | Brighton |