Peter Ward (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1913 Berlin, German Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 2009 (aged 95) Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Business owner | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Achilles Club (Oxbridge alumni) | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Hans Dudley Ward (7 February 1913 – 13 January 2009) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]He was born in Berlin, German Empire to an English father and German mother.[1]
He studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and won a blue for athletics and a half-blue for cross-country. He was selected for the 1936 Olympics after setting a new 5,000 metres games record at the 1935 International Universities Games in Budapest and a new 3 miles record at the 1936 AAA championship.[1]
In 1936, he finished eleventh the 1500 metres event at the 1936 Olympics, narrowly beating out fellow English runner Mike O'Donnell.[2]
Ward won two 3 miles titles (1936 and 1937) at the prestigious AAA Championships.[3]
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the 3 miles competition. He also participated in the 6 miles contest but did not finish the race.[4]
Personal life
[edit]He was a stockbroker by trade before serving in the Second World War as a major in the Royal Artillery.[5] After the war he made wooden toys at a workshop in London where he met his future wife Lona Fradeletto. Later in 1951 he and a friend, Cecil Chapman, set up Grant Instruments which made thermostatically controlled baths.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Peter Ward Obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "1938 athletes". Team England. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Peter Ward". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1913 births
- 2009 deaths
- English male middle-distance runners
- British male middle-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Royal Artillery officers
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- English male long-distance runners
- English people of German descent
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- People educated at Stowe School
- Sportspeople from Cambridgeshire
- 20th-century English sportsmen