George Hawkins (athlete)
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, he won again, this time finishing in 22.6 seconds. This allowed him to advance to the final, where 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ George Hawkins Archived 2 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-22.
- ^ "George Hawkins". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Hawkins, G A, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 28 September 2008
Sources
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
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