David Jacobs (Welsh athlete)

David Jacobs ( born April 30, 1888 in Cardiff, Wales, † June 5, 1976 in Llandudno, Wales ) was a British sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he took part in both the 100 - meter dash and the 200 -meter run, but each different from the semi-finals. However, in the 4 x 100 - meter relay team, he won the gold medal, along with his team-mates Henry Macintosh, Victor d' Arcy and Willie Applegarth. The team of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland benefited both the semi-finals as well as the finals of exchange errors of the fiercest competitors, the United States and Germany.

David Jacobs was a member of Herne Hill Harriers Athletic Club.

4 × 100 metres relay Charley Paddock Jackson Scholz Loren Murchison Louis Clarke Frank Wykoff James Quinn (athlete) Charles Borah Henry Russell (athlete) Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hector Dyer Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Dean Smith (athlete) Lindy Remigino Thane Baker Leamon King Ira Murchison Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Martin Lauer Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes Charles Greene (athlete) Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines Larry Black Robert Taylor (sprinter born 1948) Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart (athlete) Lam Jones Millard Hampton Nikolay Sidorov Ron Brown (American football) Calvin Smith Carl Lewis Leroy Burrell Michael Marsh (athlete) Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Jon Drummond Bernard Williams (athlete) Brian Lewis (athlete) Maurice Greene (athlete) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Nesta Carter Michael Frater Asafa Powell Yohan Blake
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