Track and field athlete. Coached by Scipio Africanus Mussabini. Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
Born in Bedford in 1899, son of a Jewish immigrant from Polish Lithuania. 1936 married D'Oyly Carte Opera Company singer Sybil Evers. During the Nazi regime and war, the couple fostered two Jewish refugees. Died Enfield.
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Harold Abrahams
Harold Abrahams, 1899 - 1978, Olympic athlete, lived here. English Heritage
Pioneer of Physical Education for Women. A Swedish supporter of women's rights who settled in London in 1881. She was appointed Superintendent of Physical Education for London's public schools. Wil...
Boxer. Born Gershon Mendaloff at 56 Umberston Street, St George-in-the-East, Aldgate. One of many young Jewish men who took up boxing as a means of escaping the poverty of the east end of London. H...
Shooting coach. Born in Romania. An expert marksman, he moved to Israel in 1963, training many young marksmen. He also trained the national team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where along wi...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania
Better known as Daley Thompson, he was a decathlete. Born Notting Hill or Worcester Park (sources differ). Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984. Not sure what the South Bank/Southwark connection might b...
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