Ashleigh Pilbrow
{{Short description|British hurdler (1912–1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
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| name = Ashleigh Pilbrow
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = hurdles
| club = University of Oxford AC
Achilles Club
| birth_date = 1 July 1912
| birth_place = Barnet, England
| death_date = 2 May 1995 (aged 82)
| death_place = Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|British Empire Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 1934 London | 120 yd hurdles}}
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Ashleigh Gordon Pilbrow (1 July 1912 – 2 May 1995) was an English Track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Pilbrow born in Barnet, studied at Queen's College, Oxford.{{cite web|title=Oxford at the Olympics|publisher=University of Oxford|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-people/Oxford-at-the-Olympics |accessdate=2015-01-03}}
At the 1934 British Empire Games in London, he represented England and won the bronze medal in the 120 yards hurdles competition. In the 440 yards hurdles contest he finished sixth.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/london-1934/athletes |title=London 1934 Team |website=Team England |access-date=16 January 2025 }} The following year, he finished third behind Don Finlay in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1935 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19350713/349/0018 |title=AAA titles |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19350713/216/0008 |title=Lovelock Beaten in Mile |work=Sports Argus |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=16 January 2025 }}
After finishing third behind Don Finlay again in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1936 AAA Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }} he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, where he was eliminated in the first round of the Olympic 110 metre hurdles event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69392 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=16 January 2025}}
He died in Beaulieu, Hampshire.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/ashleigh-pilbrow-1.html sports-reference.com]
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Category:People from Chipping Barnet
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Barnet
Category:English male hurdlers
Category:British male hurdlers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
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