Charles Clibbon Explained

Birth Date:3 February 1895
Birth Place:Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Death Date:4 April 1975 (aged 80)
Death Place:Harmondsworth, London, Great Britain
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:74kg (163lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:5000 m, 10,000 m
Club:Birchfield Harriers, Birmingham;
Surrey AC, Kingston-upon-Thames
Pb:5000 m – 15:20.4e (1924)
10000 m – 32:08.8e (1920)
Show-Medals:yes

Charles Thomas Clibbon (3 February 1895 – 4 April 1975) was an English long-distance runner, who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Clibbon became the National 10 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships.[2] [3] [4]

The following month he competed at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where failed to finish his 10,000 metres final race. In 1920, Clibbon also finished fourth at the 1920 International Cross Country Championships, winning a gold medal with the English team.

Clibbon finished second behind Halland Britton in the 10 miles event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[5] [6]

Two years later at the 1924 Olympic Games he placed sixth in the 5000 metres and 14th in the 10,000 metres.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Clibbon . Olympedia . 13 July 2021.
  2. News: The Athletic Championships . Weekly Dispatch (London) . 4 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 23 November 2024 .
  3. News: Athletics . Newcastle Journal . 5 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 23 November 2024 .
  4. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 23 November 2024 .
  5. News: AAA Championships . Daily Mirror . 1 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .
  6. News: Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1922 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 December 2024 .