Leopold Partridge

Leopold Partridge
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1901-07-14)14 July 1901
Potters Bar, England
Died18 June 1976(1976-06-18) (aged 74)
Dublin, Ireland
Sport
SportAthletics
Event110 metres hurdles
ClubAchilles Club

Leopold Frank Partridge (14 July 1901 – 18 June 1976) was a British athlete who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Career

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Partridge attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he won a football Blue (1920–21) and was capped for England in the amateur international against France in 1921.[2][3] He finished in second place at the Oxford versus Cambridge varsity athletics match in 1921. The following year he won the event[2] and finished second behind Frederick Gaby in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[4][5]

He won the Southern Counties title in 1923 before finishing second again behind Fred Gaby at the 1923 AAA Championships and third in the 1924 AAA Championships (again behind Gaby).[6]

Partridge left Cambridge without taking a degree and went into business with his father, who was an antiques dealer with premises in Bond Street and New York.[2] He died in the Republic of Ireland in 1976.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leopold Partridge Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Leopold Partridge". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ "A century of Olympians". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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