Jack Holden (runner)
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Representing the  United Kingdom
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1950 Auckland | Marathon |
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1950 Brussels | Marathon |
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1933 Caerlon | Cross Country |
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1934 Ayr | Cross Country |
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1935 Paris | Cross Country |
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1939 Cardiff | Cross Country |
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1932 Brussels | Cross Country |
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1936 Blackpool | Cross Country |
John ("Jack") Thomas Holden (March 13, 1907 – March 7, 2004) was a long-distance runner from England, who won four consecutive national titles in the men's marathon (1947–1950). He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he did not finish. He won the 1950 Empire Games marathon in Auckland, despite being bitten by a dog.
He was also a successful cross country runner, becoming the first man to win the International Cross Country Championships four times, which he did between 1933 and 1939.[1]
During the 1950s, Coseley Urban District Council named a new road on the Woodcross housing estate Jack Holden Avenue in honour of this local sporting legend. On 23 July 1952, Jack Holden's Gardens were opened on Queens Road, Tipton.[2]
Holden died in March 2004, six days before what would have been his 97th birthday.[3]
References
- ^ International Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
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- ^ Marathon and Cross Country legend Jack Holden passes away. IAAF (2004-03-10). Retrieved on 2011-01-27.
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