Harold Whitlock

Harold Whitlock ( Hector Harold Whitlock, born December 16, 1903 in Hendon, Middlesex, † 27 December 1985 Wicklewood, Norfolk ) was a British skiers and Olympic champion.

At the Olympic Games in 1936 Whitlock won the competition in the 50- km Walk in 4:30:41,4 h before the Swiss Arthur Tell Schwab ( 4:32:09,2 h). 16 years later at the 1952 Olympics started Whitlock again and was 48 years in 4:45:12,6 h eleventh. With his time from 1936 he would nevertheless still won bronze here.

At the European Championships in 1938 Whitlock won in 4:41:51 the title with two minutes ahead of the Germans Herbert Dill.

December 27 Racewalking 1938 European Athletics Championships 50 kilometres race walk Tommy Green (athlete) Pino Dordoni Norman Read Don Thompson (athlete) Abdon Pamich Bernd Kannenberg Andrey Perlov Robert Korzeniowski Yevgeny Maskinskov Reima Salonen Yohann Diniz
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