Robert Lindsay (athlete)
 British relay team at the 1920 Olympics, Lindsay is 2nd right | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 April 1890 Wandsworth, London | |||||||||||
| Died | 21 October 1958 (aged 68) Battersea, London | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 220 yd – 22.8 (1914) 440 yd – 50.4 (1921)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Alexander Lindsay (18 April 1890 – 21 October 1958) was a British sprinter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career
[edit]At the 1920 Olympic Games, he reached the quarterfinals of 400 metres and ran the second leg in the British 4 × 400 metres relay team, which won the gold medal.
The following year, Lindsay became the national 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1921 AAA Championships[4][5][6] beating the Olympic champion Bevil Rudd.[1]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Lindsay (athlete).
- ^ a b Robert Lindsay. sports-reference.com
- ^ Robert Lindsay. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Robert Lindsay". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
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