Leslie Burton
Leslie Aubrey Burton (15 October 1882 – 10 June 1946) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Heswall, Merseyside died in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[1]
In the men's 400 metres hurdles, Burton won his first-round heat with a time of 1:00.4 to advance to the second round. There, he won again by establishing such a lead over the hurdles that he could not be caught in the straight. In the final, Burton finished last of the four runners, with a time of 58.0 seconds.
His daughter Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry was a politician.
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- ^ "Leslie Burton". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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- 1882 births
- 1946 deaths
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English male hurdlers
- People from Heswall
- Sportspeople from Wirral
- British athletics biography stubs