William Stewart (athlete) explained

William Stewart
Nationality:	Australian
Sport:	Sprinting
Event:	100 yards/metres
Club:	London Athletic Club
Birth Date:	22 October 1889
Birth Place:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Death Place:	Monegeetta, Victoria, Australia

William Allan Stewart (22 October 1889  - 29 April 1958) was an Australian sprinter who competed at the Olympic Games.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Stewart finished third in the 100 yards event at the British 1911 AAA Championships^{[3] [4]} and returned to compete in the 1912 AAA Championships, where he finished third behind South African George Patching.^{[5] [6]}

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, Stewart competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Stewart once again competed in the British AAA Championships and finished third behind Willie Applegarth in the 100 yards event at the 1913 AAA Championships.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Stewart . Olympedia . 16 April 2021.
2. News: A Champion Sprinter. 1 November 1911. National Library of Australia. The Herald. 2.
3. News: Amateur Athletic Championship . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . 3 July 1911 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 November 2024 .
4. News: AAA Champions . Sporting Life . 3 July 1911 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 November 2024 .
5. News: Athletic Championship . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 24 June 1912 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 2 November 2024 .
6. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 1 November 2024 .
7. William Stewart Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/william-stewart-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 31 May 2017.
8. News: Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 7 July 1913 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 16 November 2024 .
9. News: Athletic Feats . Sporting Life . 7 July 1913 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 16 November 2024 .