Harry Cody was the international outdoor amateur speed skating champion in 1914, 1915, and 1916. [1] [2]
Harry Cody was the international outdoor amateur speed skating champion in 1914, 1915, and 1916. [1] [2]
Harry Cody was born in Toronto.
On January 29, 1914 he won the three-mile championship at Saranac Lake, New York beating Bobbie Mclean who dropped out during the race [3]
On February 10, 1916 he won the one-mile championship at Saranac Lake, New York. [4] On February 1, 1917 he came fourth in the one-mile race, losing to Sigurd Larsen of Chicago; fourth in the three-quarter-mile race, also to Sigurd Larsen; and second in the two-mile race, losing to Arthur Staff of Chicago. [5]
In 1983 he was inducted into the Speed Skating Canada Hall of Fame. [6]
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