Bevil Rudd
Personal information | |
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Born | Kimberley, Northern Cape | 5 October 1894
Died | 2 February 1948 South Africa | (aged 53)
Updated on 3 February 2016 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing South Africa | ||
1920 Antwerp | 400 metres | |
1920 Antwerp | 4x400 m relay | |
1920 Antwerp | 800 metres |
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.
Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal grandson of Charles Rudd, who co-founded the De Beers diamond mining company, and Frances Chiappini and maternal grandson of Captain Matthew Smith Blyth CMG, chief magistrate of the Transkei, and Elizabeth Cornelia Philpott.
During his schooling at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown (Upper House)[1] he excelled both as a student and as an athlete, and he was granted a scholarship for Oxford University. Rudd served in the First World War, and was awarded a Military Cross for bravery.[2]
Rudd completed his studies in England, and returned to South Africa, working as a sports journalist.
He married Ursula Mary Knight, daughter of Clifford Hume Knight the Italian Consul to Cape Town, in 1926; they had at least two sons: Bevil John Blyth Rudd and Clifford Robin David Rudd, the South African Cricketer.
In 1930, he became an editor for the Daily Telegraph, a position he held until after the Second World War. Shortly after his return to South Africa, he died there at age 53.[3]
References
- ^ Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.
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(help) - ^ "No. 30801". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 July 1918. p. 8471.
- ^ "Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd". sprintic.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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- 1894 births
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- Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- British military personnel of World War I
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- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- South African male middle-distance runners
- South African male sprinters
- South African people of English descent
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- Sportspeople from Kimberley, Northern Cape