Lionel James de Burgh Reed (31 December 1883 – 11 February 1957) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 December 1883 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 11 February 1957 (aged 73) Hastings, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprints |
| Club | London Athletic Club |
Biography
editBorn in Kensington, London, Reed finished second behind Canadian Robert Kerr in the 220 yards at the 1908 AAA Championships.[1][2]
At the 1908 Olympic Games, he competed in the 200 metres, Reed won his preliminary heat with a time of 23.2 seconds. He dropped his time to 22.8 seconds in the semifinal, but that wasn't enough to beat Robert Cloughen's 22.6 seconds and Reed was eliminated without advancing to the final.[3]
In 1910 he became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title.[4]
References
edit- ^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Lionel Reed". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Lionel Reed. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.
Sources
edit- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 July 2006.
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