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Cyril Seedhouse
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born10 April 1892
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Died21 January 1966(1966-01-21) (aged 73)
Exminster, Devon, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres / 440 yards
ClubBlackheath Harriers
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm 4x400 metre relay

Cyril Norman Seedhouse (10 April 1892 – 21 January 1966) was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

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Seedhouse 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

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  1. ^ "Cyril Seedhouse". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Amateur Athletics". Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Applegarth's Feats". Manchester Courier. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ British Aviator's Fine Performance, Dundee Courier, 15 March 1916
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