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English athlete

Henry Ashington
Personal information
Born25 September 1891
Southport, England
Died31 January 1917 (aged 25)
near Combles, Somme, France
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventlong jump / triple jump
ClubUniversity of Cambridge

Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891 – 31 January 1917) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sherard and Lydia Ashington. His father was a solicitor.

Ashington finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 15th in the standing long jump event at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War, serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.

See also

References

  1. "Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington - Olympic Record". British Olympic Association.
  2. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Henry Sherard O Ashington; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1891; District: Ormskirk; Volume: 8b; Page: 813.
  3. "Henry Ashington". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. "Henry Ashington". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  8. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  9. Ashington, Henry, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 14 September 2008

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