Henry Ashington

Henry Ashington
Personal information
Born25 September 1891
Southport, England
Died31 January 1917 (aged 25)
near Combles, Somme, France
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventlong jump / triple jump
ClubUniversity of Cambridge

Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891[1] – 31 January 1917) was an English track and field athlete[2] who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3]

Biography

Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sherard and Lydia Ashington. His father was a solicitor.

Ashington finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.[4][5][6]

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 15th in the standing long jump event at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.[7]

Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War,[8] serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington - Olympic Record". British Olympic Association.
  2. ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Henry Sherard O Ashington; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1891; District: Ormskirk; Volume: 8b; Page: 813.
  3. ^ "Henry Ashington". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Henry Ashington". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  9. ^ Ashington, Henry, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 14 September 2008


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