Edward Gedge
{{short description|British modern pentathlete}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|5|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gosport, Hampshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|17|1895|5|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = New Zealand
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| sport = Modern pentathlon
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Gedge {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (3 May 1895 – 17 March 1991) was a British modern pentathlete.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/34780 |title=Edward Gedge |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 August 2021}} He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/edward-gedge-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/edward-gedge-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Edward Gedge Olympic Results |accessdate=23 June 2012 |work=sports-reference.com}}
During the First World War, he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 Birthday Honours, "for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika."{{London Gazette |issue=30719 |date= 3 June 1918|page=6505 |supp=y}}
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Category:British male modern pentathletes
Category:Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain
Category:Modern pentathletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Gosport
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Royal Field Artillery officers
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