Sam Ferris
Appearance
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Men's athletics | ||
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Olympics | ||
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1932 Los Angeles | Marathon |
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British Empire Games | ||
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1930 Hamilton | Marathon |
Samuel "Sam" Ferris (29 August 1900 – 21 March 1980) was a British long-distance running athlete who competed mainly in the marathon. He was born in Magherabeg, near Dromore, County Down in Ireland. He won a silver medal for Great Britain in the marathon at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1]
He served as the second president of the then recently formed UK Road Runners Club during 1954.
References
- ^ "Sam Ferris Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from December 2012
- 1900 births
- 1980 deaths
- British male long-distance runners
- Male long-distance runners from Northern Ireland
- English male long-distance runners
- British male marathon runners
- English male marathon runners
- Male athletes from Northern Ireland
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from County Down
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British athletics biography stubs