George Nicol (athlete)
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| Born | 28 December 1886 Battersea, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 January 1967 (aged 80) Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m/440y | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Polytechnic Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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George Nicol (28 December 1886 – 28 January 1967) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Nicol born in Battersea was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, Nicol won his preliminary heat in the 400 metres with a time of 50.8 seconds. This qualified him to compete in the semifinals, where he placed third in his heat to be eliminated.[1]
Four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he won his 400 metres heat before being eliminated in the semifinals. However, he was part of the team with Ernest Henley, Cyril Seedhouse and James Soutter that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay.[2][1]
The following year, he became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1913 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "George Nicol". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Nicol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletic Feats". Sporting Life. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
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