David Law (athlete)
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| birth_date = Q3 1930
| birth_place = Sheffield, England
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| event = middle-distance
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David Charles Law (born Q3. 1930), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Law was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield and Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003286/19491128/203/0006 |title=Oxford Relay Team Chosen |work=Evening News (London) |date=28 November 1949 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025}}
Law finished third behind Bill Nankeville in the 1 mile event at the 1952 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19520623/190/0007 |title=Results |work=The Scotsman |date=23 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025}} and third behind Roger Bannister at the 1954 AAA Championships.{{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=21 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 April 2025}}
Law represented England in the 880 yards and 1 mile at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35452|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414221430/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35452|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/vancouver-1954/athletes|title=1954 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
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Category:English male middle-distance runners
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:People educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
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