Lesley Ashburner
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Lesley T. Ashburner (born October 2, 1883 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † November 12, 1950 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American hurdler .
Life
As a student at Cornell University , he distinguished himself as a specialist in hurdles. In 1904 he set a record for his university over 100 yard hurdles in the hall. As a result, he was nominated for the Olympic Games in St. Louis . At that time there were no elimination competitions in the USA, the athletes were mostly suggested by the most well-known sports clubs and universities.
Parallel to the Olympic competitions in 1904 as part of the organized in St. Louis World's Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition were held, were also held various non-Olympic competitions. Many athletes started in so-called handicap runs , including Lesley Ashburner. In a corresponding run over 120-yard hurdles, he won ahead of Fred Schule , who was to become Olympic champion a few days later . For the Olympic 110-meter hurdles , Ashburner qualified as second in his preliminary run, where he had to give up school. In the finals he finally took third place.
Ashburner participated in numerous competitions for his university in 1905 and 1906. On his special route over 120-yard hurdles, he won the 1905 New York City Championship , the Canadian Open Championships, and again set a record for his university in a university competition.
In 1906 Ashburner graduated as an engineer in construction and ended his athletic career. After initially joining an engineering firm in Philadelphia, he worked at the Washington Navy Yard during the First World War . He then spent 14 years as a civil engineer in Los Angeles . In 1939 he returned to Washington, DC and worked as a consulting engineer for the United States Armed Forces . As such, he was involved in the planning of the Pentagon and other government buildings.
In 1991, Lesley Ashburner was posthumously inducted into his university's hall of fame , the Cornell Big Red Hall of Fame .
The placements at the Olympic Games for Lesley Ashburner:
- III. 1904 Olympic Games, St. Louis
- 110 m hurdles - bronze in 16.4 s (gold to Fred Schule from the USA with 16.0 s; silver to Thaddeus Shideler from the USA with 16.3 s)
Web links
- Lesley Ashburner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Ashburner, Lesley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashburner, Lesley T. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1950 |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Maryland |