Frank Lukeman

Francis Lukeman
Photo from Ottawa Citizen,
Nov. 2, 1910
Personal information
Full nameFrancis Lawrence Lukeman
NicknameFrank
NationalityCanadian
Born(1885-06-20)June 20, 1885
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedDecember 26, 1946(1946-12-26) (aged 61)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Pentathlon, 200 metres, 100 metres
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's athletics
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Pentathlon
Updated on 17 November 2012

Francis Lawrence Lukeman (June 20, 1885 – December 23, 1946), was a Canadian athlete. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.[1][2]

Biography

In Stockholm at the 1912 Summer Olympics Lukeman finished fourth in the pentathlon but was awarded the bronze medal after Jim Thorpe of the United States was disqualified from the gold medal. Thorpe's disqualification was eventually overturned but Lukeman were permitted to retain his bronze medal.

In the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London Lukeman took second place in his first-round heat with a time of 11.7 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals.[3]

He won in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres, placing first overall.

Lukeman served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I, at various times in the 3rd Regiment Victoria Rifles of Canada, 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), CEF, 242nd Battalion, CEF, which was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps, where he served out the end of the war as an (Acting) Regimental Sergeant Major.[4] He returned to Montreal after the war. "In his combat overseas, he was gassed twice. In 1945, he had his leg amputated and remained bedridden at the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Military Hospital (Ste. Anne's Hospital), dying in 1946."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Frank Lukeman Biography". Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ^ "Frank Lukeman". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Great Olympians". 2011. Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ Library and Archives Canada - Search: Personnel Records of the First World War - FRANK LUKEMAN
  5. ^ Francis Lukeman


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