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- Harold Abrahams (born Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England—died Jan. 14, 1978, London) was a British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Abrahams was born into an athletic family; his older brother Sidney represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 1912.
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Harold Maurice Abrahams CBE (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) [3] was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. [4] Biography. Early life.
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Harold Abrahams (born Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England—died Jan. 14, 1978, London) was a British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Abrahams was born into an athletic family; his older brother Sidney represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 1912.
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The story of Abrahams and Liddell at Paris 1924 . Thanks to the film Chariots of Fire and its memorable soundtrack by Vangelis, everyone knows the story of British sprinters Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, the respective winners of gold in the 100m and 400m at the Games of the VIII Olympiad.
Olympic Results. Biography. As a schoolboy at Repton, Harold won the 100 yards and the long jump at the 1918 Public Schools championships and then went up to Caius College, Cambridge, where during his four years’ residence he won a total of eight events in the annual match against Oxford.
Country: Great Britain. Born: December 15, 1899 in Bedford, England. Died: January 14, 1978. British sprinter Harold Abrahams won the 100-meter gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, equaling the Olympic record of 10.6. (He had previously equaled the record in a qualifying heat.)
At the Paris Olympics of 1924, Harold Abrahams won a gold medal in the 100-Meter dash, equaling the Olympic record of 10.6. (He had also clocked 10.6 in his two qualifying heats.) Abrahams, born in Great Britain, was the first non-American to win the event. He also won a silver medal at the same Olympic Games leading off the 4x100-Meter Relay ...
Article History. The stories of British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams are known to many through the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. As the movie tells it, Liddell was boarding a boat to the 1924 Paris Olympics when he discovered that the qualifying heats for his event, the 100-metre sprint, were scheduled for a Sunday.
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