Irish sprinter
Denis Murray
Born 3 March 1878Gurrane, Carriganimmy, Cork Died 19 September 1944 (aged 66)Newcastle, Dublin Sport Athletics Event sprinting / long jump Club County Dublin Harriers
Denis Bernard Murray (3 March 1878 โ 19 September 1944)[ 1] was an Irish athlete , who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Murray finished third in the 100 yards behind Arthur Duffey and Reginald Wadsley, at the 1901 AAA Championships ,[ 2] [ 3] a result which was repeated the following year at the 1902 AAA Championships .[ 4] Murray finished runner-up behind John Morton at the 1906 AAA Championships [ 5] and jumped to second place behind Wilfred Bleaden in the long jump event at the 1908 AAA Championships .[ 6]
At the London Olympics in 1908, in the 100 metres , Murray placed third in his first round heat to be eliminated from competition. In the Men's Long jump , Murray finished 9th.[ 7]
References
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 15 July 2006 .
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2006 .
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