George Hawkins (athlete) explained

George Albert Hawkins (15 October 1883 – 22 September 1917) was a British athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Tottenham and died in Ypres.^[1]

In the 200 metres, Hawkins ran the race in 22.8 seconds to beat two other runners and advance to the semifinals. There, won again, this time finishing in 22.6 seconds. This allowed him to advance to the final, in which he placed last out of the four finalists. His time in the final was 22.9 seconds. The winner's time was 22.6, a time he had achieved in the semifinal.^[2]

Hawkins was killed in action, aged 34, during World War I,^[3] serving as a gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Third Battle of Ypres. He was buried in the Bard Cottage Cemetery nearby.^[4]

He had five children with Violet Freeman, with whom he was married.

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

Sources

• Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
• Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Athletics 1908 . Herman's Full Olympians . 24 July 2006 . 27 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html . dead .
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 24 July 2006 . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 16 February 2009 .

External links

• Hawkins Family Tree

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/george-hawkins-1.html George Hawkins
2. Web site: George Hawkins . Olympedia . 5 March 2021.
3. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . 7 November 2014 .
4. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/440213 Hawkins, G A