Irving Parkes

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Robert Irving Parkes (born July 8, 1886 in Toronto , Ontario , † April 23, 1964 in Port Washington , New York ) was a Canadian athlete.

Career

Parkes started for the Toronto West End YMCA . He represented Canada at the 1908 Olympic Games in London . In the 800-meter run, he had to compete against the eventual Olympic champion Mel Sheppard , among others , and achieved third place. This was not enough to qualify for the next round. Furthermore, Parkes was part of the Canadian Olympic relay (together with Frank Lukemann , Lou Sebert and Donald Buddo ), which also did not get beyond the preliminary round.

His personal best over 800 meters was 1: 57.1 minutes and came from 1908.

In 2009, a Parkes great-nephew posted a team photo of the Canadian Stadium Team for the 1908 Games to the University of Western Ontario with a request to identify Irving Parkes in the picture. This led to a large-scale identification campaign, during which the identity of most of the people depicted in the photo could be established within eight months.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Irving Parkes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on February 23, 2015
  2. ↑ Canada at the 1908 Olympic Games from sports-reference.com, accessed on February 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Report on the identification campaign on library.la84.org ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed February 23, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.la84.org
personal data
SURNAME Parkes, Irving
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parkes, Robert Irving (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1964
Place of death Port Washington , New York