Arthur Astley

Arthur Astley
Personal information
Born	11 March 1881; Southport, England
Died	September 1915 (aged 34); Southport, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	middle-distance
Club	Salford Harriers

Arthur Astley (11 March 1881 – September 1915) was a British track and field athlete from Lancashire.

Biography

Astley was a member of the Salford Harriers. He became the National 880 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1906 AAA Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Astley competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he ran the 800 metres, finishing second in his semi-final (first round) heat with a time of 1:59.9. He did not advance to the final. The next day, Astley also took second place in his preliminary heat of the 400 metres, not advancing to the semifinals.^[4]

References

^ "Amateur Championships". Bristol Times and Mirror. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Amateur Championships". Sporting Life. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Arthur Astley". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

Sources

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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2006.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2006.
Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (March 2013). "Arthur Astley Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2013.