Ernest Webb
{{Short description|British athlete (1874–1937)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Ernest Webb
|image=100px
|caption=Webb at the 1912 Summer Olympics
|birth_date= 25 April 1874
|birth_place= Hackney, London, England
| death_date = 24 February 1937 (aged 62)
| death_place = Toronto, Canada
|sport=Athletics
|event=walking events
|club= Herne Hill Harriers
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1908 London | 3500 metre walk}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1908 London | 10 mile walk}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1912 Stockholm | 10 kilometre walk}}
}}
Ernest James Webb (25 April 1874 – 24 February 1937) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10-mile walk and competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London{{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}} and the 1912 Summer Olympics in Sweden.
Biography
Webb, born in Hackney, London, competed for the Herne Hill Harriers.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69569 |title=Ernest Webb |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 March 2021}}
Webb became the National 7 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1908 AAA Championships. He also finished second behind George Larner in the 2 miles walk event.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000668/19080706/152/0008 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=6 July 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 August 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=25 August 2024}}
At the 1908 Olympic Games, Webb competed in the 10 mile walk, winning the silver medal behind fellow Brit George Larner. The two of them repeated this in the 3500 metre walk, giving Ernest Webb his second silver medal of the games.
Webb won four more AAA titles in the 2 miles and 7 miles walks, at the 1909 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002148/19090705/149/0008 |title=Athletics |work=Leicester Daily Post |date=5 July 1909 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 September 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19090705/005/0002 |title=AAA Championships |work=Manchester Courier |date=5 July 1909 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 October 2024}} and 1910 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001708/19100704/076/0004 |title=Athletics |work=Evening Star |date=3 July 1910 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19100704/218/0006 |title=AAA Championships |work=The Scotsman |date=4 July 1910 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}
Three years later in 1912, he returned to the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, where he competed in the inaugural 10 kilometre walk and finished off with his third Olympic silver behind Canada's George Goulding.
He died in Toronto, Canada.
References
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ernie-webb-1.html |title=Ernie Webb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021031139/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ernie-webb-1.html |archive-date=2014-10-21 |url-status=dead |access-date=2015-01-23}}
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Category:English male race walkers
Category:British male race walkers
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:People from Hackney Central
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)