Walter Rangeley
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1903 Salford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 1982 (aged 78) Mold, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Salford Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Rangeley (14 December 1903 – 16 March 1982) was an English athlete who competed mainly in the sprints.
Career
[edit]Rangeley was born in Salford. He competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, in the 4×100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Harold Abrahams, Wilfred Nichol and Lancelot Royle. In the 100 metres event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[1]
Rangeley finished third behind Loren Murchison in the 100 yards event at the 1925 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
At the Olympic Games in 1928 held in Amsterdam Rangeley won a silver medal in the 200 metres. He also joined with a new relay team consisting of teammates Cyril Gill, Edward Smouha and Jack London which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres competition. In the 100 metres event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals again.
After not participating in the 1932 Games his final Olympic appearance was in 1936 when he was a member of the British relay team which was eliminated in the first round of the 4×100 metre relay contest.
At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 220 yards event. He also won the gold medal with the English relay team in the 4×110 yards competition.
He died in Glyndŵr, Wales.
References
[edit]- ^ "Walter Rangeley". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 18 July 1925. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Holders". Daily News (London). 20 July 1925. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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- 1903 births
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- Sportspeople from Salford
- English male sprinters
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen