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Cyril Seedhouse

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	10 April 1892 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Died	21 January 1966(1966-01-21) (aged 73) Exminster, Devon, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres / 440 yards
Club	Blackheath Harriers
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm 4x400 metre relay

Cyril Norman Seedhouse (10 April 1892 – 21 January 1966) was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Career

Seedhouse became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1912 AAA Championships.

Shortly after the AAA Championships, Seedhouse competed for Great Britain n the 4 x 400-metre relay, at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and James Soutter.

Seedhouse regained his 440 yards title at the 1914 AAA Championships.

During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps and was injured in a dogfight that saw him drive off German Fokker aircraft.

References

1. "Cyril Seedhouse". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
2. "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cyril Seedhouse Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
6. "Amateur Athletics". Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Applegarth's Feats". Manchester Courier. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. British Aviator's Fine Performance, Dundee Courier, 15 March 1916

External links

• Cyril Seedhouse at Olympics.com
• Cyril Seedhouse at Olympedia

• 1892 births
• 1966 deaths
• British male sprinters
• English male sprinters
• English male athletes
• Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Great Britain
• Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
• People from Leighton Buzzard
• Sportspeople from Bedfordshire
• Military personnel from Bedfordshire
• Royal Flying Corps personnel
• 20th-century English sportsmen