Philip Kingsford Explained

Birth Date:	10 August 1891
Birth Place:	Lewisham, London
Death Date:	26 July 1919 (aged 27)
Death Place:	Hammersmith, London
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long jump, triple jump
Club:	L.A.C., London
Pb:	LJ – 7.09 m (1914) TJ – 13.57 m (1912)
Show-Medals:	yes

Philip Cave Kingsford (10 August 1891 – 26 July 1919) was a British track and field athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Career

Kingsford finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.^{[1] [2]}

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Olympic Games, in Stockholm, Sweden, where he finished 15th in the long jump and 19th in the standing long jump event.

In 1914, Kingsford became the National long jump champion after winning the 1914 AAA Championships title and finished fourth in the triple jump.^{[3] [4]}

He served with the Middlesex Regiment in India.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Athletic Championship . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 24 June 1912 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 16 November 2024 .
2. News: Amateur Athletic Championship . Leicester Evening Mail . 24 June 1912 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 16 November 2024 .
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 16 November 2024 .
4. News: Amateur Athletics . Lancashire Evening Post . 4 July 1914 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 November 2024 .
5. Web site: Philip Kingsford . Olympedia . 28 April 2021.