Wilfrid Tatham Explained

Wilfrid Tatham
Nationality:	British
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	400 metres hurdles
Club:	University of Cambridge Achilles Club
Birth Date:	12 December 1898
Birth Place:	Bromley, Kent, England
Death Place:	Jamestown, Saint Helena

Wilfrid George Tatham (12 December 1898  - 26 July 1978) was a British hurdler, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Tatham, educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, finished third behind Frenchman Armand Burtin in the 1 mile event at the 1920 AAA Championships.^{[1] [2] [3]}

At the 1924 Olympic Games, Tatham competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles.^[4]

Tatham was fourth in the 440 yard hurdles at the 1930 British Empire Games.^{[5] [6]} He was a schoolmaster at Eton College at the time of the 1930 Games.^[7]

Tatham received the Military Cross as a member of the Coldstream Guards. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.^[8]

Archives

A collection of archival material related to Wilfrid Tatham can be found at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: The Athletic Championships . Weekly Dispatch (London) . 4 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 22 November 2024 .
2. News: Athletics . Newcastle Journal . 5 July 1920 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 22 November 2024 .
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 22 November 2024 .
4. Wilfrid Tatham Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/wilfrid-tatham-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 1 October 2017.
5. Web site: English athletes. Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. Web site: Wilfrid Tatham . Olympedia . 21 September 2021.
7. Web site: UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton. Ancestry.co.uk.
8. Wilfrid Tatham. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/wilfrid-tatham-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 January 2020.
9. Web site: UoB CALMVIEW2: Overview. 2020-12-04. calmview.bham.ac.uk.