Wilfrid Tatham

Wilfrid Tatham
Wilfrid Tatham in 1928
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1898-12-12)12 December 1898
Bromley, Kent, England
Died26 July 1978(1978-07-26) (aged 79)
Jamestown, Saint Helena
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres hurdles
ClubUniversity of Cambridge
Achilles Club

Wilfrid George Tatham (12 December 1898 – 26 July 1978) was a British hurdler, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Tatham, educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, finished third behind Frenchman Armand Burtin in the 1 mile event at the 1920 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]

At the 1924 Olympic Games, Tatham competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles.[4]

Tatham was fourth in the 440 yard hurdles at the 1930 British Empire Games.[5][6] He was a schoolmaster at Eton College at the time of the 1930 Games.[7]

Tatham received the Military Cross as a member of the Coldstream Guards. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[8]

Archives

A collection of archival material related to Wilfrid Tatham can be found at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wilfrid Tatham Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "Wilfrid Tatham". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wilfrid Tatham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ^ "UoB CALMVIEW2: Overview". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2020.