Arthur Astley
{{short description|British athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Arthur Astley
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|birth_date= 11 March 1881
|birth_place= Southport, England
| death_date = September 1915 (aged 34)
| death_place = Southport, England
|sport=Athletics
|event= middle-distance
|club= Salford Harriers
}}
Arthur Astley (11 March 1881 – September 1915) was a British track and field athlete from Lancashire who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000648/19080612/187/0008 |title=Olympic Games, Britain's team of athletes |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 April 2025}}
Biography
Astley was a member of the Salford Harriers. He became the National 880 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1906 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000984/19060709/186/0009 |title=Amateur Championships |work=Bristol Times and Mirror |date=9 July 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19060709/113/0006 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=9 July 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=18 August 2024}}
Astley represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he ran the 800 metres, finishing second in his semi-final (first round) heat with a time of 1:59.9. He did not advance to the final. The next day, Astley also took second place in his preliminary heat of the 400 metres, not advancing to the semifinals.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68852 |title=Arthur Astley |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 March 2021}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 25 July 2006 | archive-date = 27 September 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | url-status = dead }}
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 25 July 2006 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060614002359/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/| archivedate= 14 June 2006 | url-status= live|language=pl}}
- {{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans|author3=Bill Mallon|author4=Hilary Evans|title = Arthur Astley Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = March 2013|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/arthur-astley-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/arthur-astley-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|accessdate = 2013-03-17}}
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Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
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