Jack Walker (athlete)

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Jack Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventPole vault
ClubPort Sunlight AC
Oxford University AC

John Howard Walker known as Jack Walker, was a male athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Walker studied at The Queen's College, Oxford. [1]

Walker represented Port Sunlight Athletic Club and Oxford University. [2]

He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games [3] [4] in London, where he competed in the pole vault event. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Oxford Blue's Easy Win" . Birmingham Daily Post. 28 February 1933. Retrieved 7 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "When a ray of sunlight shone on British vaulting: the life of Joe Birkett". Northern Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "England's Athletes" . Sunday Mirror. 22 July 1934. Retrieved 7 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
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