Arthur Gray (athlete)

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Arthur Gray
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Eventtriple jump
Club Polytechnic Harriers
Ilford AC

Arthur John Gray was an athlete who competed for England in the high jump and triple jump. [1]

Biography

Gray finished third behind Willem Peters in the triple jump event at the 1929 AAA Championships [2] [3] and the following year in 1930 repeated the performance at the 1930 AAA Championships. [4] [5]

Gray finally became the national high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1931 AAA Championships. [6] [7] The following year he became the national triple jump champion at the 1932 AAA Championships. [8] [9]

Gray competed for England in the high jump and triple jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1919-1939". GBR Athletics.
  2. ↑ "Foreigners held at Bay" . Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA Championships" . Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Marathon race won by Scotsman" . Daily Herald. 5 July 1930. Retrieved 9 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Three new native records" . Daily News (London). 7 July 1930. Retrieved 9 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Athletics records may be smashed today" . Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Few AAA titles go abroad" . Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Fast times in AAA Championships" . Reynolds's Newspaper. 3 July 1932. Retrieved 11 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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