Cyril Allen
{{short description|English athlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1915|01|11}}
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| death_date = 1985 (aged 70)
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| sport = Athletics
| event = middle-distance
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| club = Highgate Harriers
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1934 London|3 Miles}}
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Cyril Kenneth Allen (11 January 1915 – 1985) was an English athlete who competed for England at the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37114|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Biography
Allen finished third behind Janusz Kusociński in the 3 miles event at the 1934 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19340714/336/0011 |title=Finals of White City events |work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=14 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19340715/325/0019 |title=British athletes lose titles |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=15 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 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=11 January 2025 }}
Shortly afterwards, he represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won asilver medal in the 3 miles event.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/london-1934/athletes |title=London 1934 Team |website=Team England |access-date=11 January 2025 }}
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Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:English male long-distance runners
Category:British male long-distance runners
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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