Harold Abrahams
Harold Abrahams · Sports
British sprinter; 100m Olympic champion at Paris 1924 — the story told in 'Chariots of Fire'
1899, Bedford, England, United Kingdom — 1978, London, England, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Harold Abrahams is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — British sprinter; 100m Olympic champion at Paris 1924 — the story told in 'Chariots of Fire'
Harold Abrahams was a British sprinter who won the 100 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics, a triumph immortalized in the film 'Chariots of Fire'. He later became an influential athletics administrator, journalist and statistician of the sport. The son of a Jewish immigrant from Poland, he was Jewish, and his story is often read against the antisemitism he encountered.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
British sprinter; 100m Olympic champion at Paris 1924 — the story told in 'Chariots of Fire'
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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