Cyril Norman Seedhouse (10 April 1892 – 21 January 1966) was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1892 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 January 1966 (aged 73) Exminster, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres / 440 yards | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSeedhouse became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1912 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
Shortly after the AAA Championships, Seedhouse competed for Great Britain n the 4 x 400-metre relay, at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and James Soutter.[5]
Seedhouse regained his 440 yards title at the 1914 AAA Championships.[6][7]
During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps and was injured in a dogfight that saw him drive off German Fokker aircraft.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Cyril Seedhouse". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cyril Seedhouse Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Amateur Athletics". Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Applegarth's Feats". Manchester Courier. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ British Aviator's Fine Performance, Dundee Courier, 15 March 1916
