Thomas Hammond (athlete)
Thomas Edgar "Tommy" Hammond (18 June 1878 – 18 December 1945) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Life[]
Hammond was born on 18 June 1878 in Woburn, Bedfordshire.[3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[4] and then became a stockbroker at the London Stock Exchange.[1]
In September 1908 he set a number of British records including the 24-hour when he covered 131 miles, 580 yards; his record stood at the time of his death in 1945.[3] His time at 100 miles was 18-04:10.2.
In the 1908 Olympics in London he took part in the . Hammond set a number of records including London-to-Oxford (1907), London-to-Brighton and back (1907), London-to-Brighton (1908), and Norwich-to-Ipswich (1914).[3] Hammond was a founder member of the Brotherhood of Centurions (Centurion no.10) and is remembered primarily for his prowess as a long distance race walker.[1] In 1938 he was made President of Old Bedford Modernians' Club.[1] He died in Haywards Heath, West Sussex on 18 December 1945.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Profile in The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol. XXI No.4, December 1937
- ^ "Thomas Hammond". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Tommy Hammond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "School Sport in the Twentieth Century" by PJ King, 1974, Commemorative Edition of The Eagle
- ^ Tommy Hammond. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
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- 1878 births
- 1945 deaths
- British male racewalkers
- English male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- People educated at Bedford Modern School
- People from Woburn, Bedfordshire