Southampton Athletic Club

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Southampton Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Southampton, England. It is based at the Southampton Sports Centre. [1] It's men compete in the British Athletics League National Division One and women in UK Women's Athletic League Division 1. The club also completes in the .

History[]

Southampton Athletic Club was formed after a merger of Team Southampton and Southampton Running Club in 2010. Those parent clubs themselves having been formed from mergers involving Southampton City Athletics Club, Team Solent, Southampton and Eastleigh AC, Eastleigh Athletic Club and Southampton Amateur Athletic club.[2]

Honours[]

Notable Athletes[]

Olympians[]

Athlete Country Events Olympics Medals
Harry Simmons United Kingdom high jump 1928
Dave Dear[3] United Kingdom 4x100 metres relay 1972
Donna Hartley[4] United Kingdom 200 metres,400 metres,4x400 metres relay 1972,1976,1980 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Christine Benning[5] United Kingdom 1500 metres 1984
Todd Bennett[6] United Kingdom 400 metres,4x400 metres relay 1984, 1988 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Kriss Akabusi[7] United Kingdom 400 metres,4x400 metres relay 1984, 1988, 1992 Silver medal icon (S initial).svgBronze medal icon (B initial).svgBronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Paul Harmsworth[8] United Kingdom 4x400 metres relay 1988
Roger Black[9] United Kingdom 400 metres,4x400 metres relay 1992, 1996 Silver medal icon (S initial).svgSilver medal icon (S initial).svgBronze medal icon (B initial).svg

References[]

  1. ^ Franklin, James (7 February 2014). "Darren Campbell backs £200k bid to get Southampton Sports Centre back on track". Daily Echo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Club Info". Southampton Athletic Club. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ David Dear at Power of 10
  4. ^ Donna Hartley at Power of 10
  5. ^ Christine Benning at Power of 10
  6. ^ Todd Bennett at Power of 10
  7. ^ Kriss Akabusi at Power of 10
  8. ^ Paul Harmsworth at Power of 10
  9. ^ Roger Black at Power of 10

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