Godfrey Rampling

Godfrey Lionel Rampling (born May 14, 1909 in London , † June 20, 2009 in Bushey , Hertfordshire ) was a British athlete . He was active as a sprinter in the early 1930s , his specialty courses were the 400 meters and the 440 yards.

He won two British championships over 440 yards: 1931 in 48.6 seconds and 1934 in 49.6 seconds. At the British Empire Games in London in 1934 , he won the gold medal for England starting over 440 yards in 48.0 seconds ahead of his two compatriots Bill Roberts and Crew Stoneley . Rampling was also the final runner of the victorious English team in the 4-by-440-yard relay that won the title ahead of Canada and Scotland.

However, he celebrated his greatest successes as a member of the British team in the 4 x 400 meter relay , with which he won a medal twice at the Olympic Games. At the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the British relay won silver in 3: 11.2 minutes with the cast of Stoneley, Tommy Hampson , Lord Burghley and Rampling behind the relay from the United States and ahead of Canada. Four years later at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the British relay won in 3: 09.0 minutes in the line-up of Freddie Wolff , Rampling, Bill Roberts and Godfrey Brown, ahead of the USA and Germany. Rampling took over the baton twelve meters behind and passed it on to Roberts as leader.

He also competed in the individual races over 400 meters and finished fourth in the semi-finals in both 1932 and 1936. He was eliminated because, according to the regulations at the time, only six athletes, the three fastest of the two semi-finals, were allowed to take part.

Godfrey Rampling was 1.85 m tall and weighed 75 kg during his playing days. He was a career officer in the Royal Artillery and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel . His daughter Charlotte Rampling is a successful film actress.

Web links

Godfrey Rampling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

↑ Bob Phillips: Honor of Empire, Glory of Sport. The History of Athletics at The Commonwealth Games. Parrs Wood Press, Manchester 2000, ISBN 1-903158-09-5 , p. 24.

personal data
SURNAME	Rampling, Godfrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rampling, Godfrey Lionel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 2009
Place of death	Bushey , Hertfordshire

[1] Bob Phillips: Honor of Empire, Glory of Sport. The History of Athletics at The Commonwealth Games. Parrs Wood Press, Manchester 2000, ISBN 1-903158-09-5 , p. 24.