Harold Watson (athlete) explained
Harold Watson (1883 - 15 February 1963) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Watson finished third in the 100 yards event at the 1905 AAA Championships.[1] [2]
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he competed in the 100 metres, Watson took third place in his first round heat and did not advance to the semifinals.[3]
He died in Sutton, London.
Sources
- profile
- 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 . 20 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 . 20 July 2006 . pl . 16 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . dead .
Notes and References
- News: Amateur Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1905 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2024.
- Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 18 August 2024.
- Web site: Harold Watson . Olympedia . 5 March 2021.