Athol Jennings | |
Full Name: | Athol Raymond Jennings |
Nationality: | South African |
Sport: | Middle-distance running |
Event: | 1500 metres |
Birth Date: | 19 November 1930 |
Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Athol Raymond Jennings (19 November 1930 – 10 February 2024) was a South African middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Jennings was later ordained as a minister in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and in the 1970s was head of the church's education department.
Jennings was headmaster of the Waterford Kamhlaba School in eSwatini from 1974 to 1984. He died on 10 February 2024, at the age of 93.[2]