Geoffrey Tudor
{{Short description|British middle-distance runner}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Marhee, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|2|1923|12|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bradiford, Devon, England
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| sport = Athletics
| event = steeplechase
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| club = University of Oxford AC
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Geoffrey David Claud Tudor (29 December 1923 – 2 October 2018) was a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Born in 1923 he was the son of Claud Tudor, he was educated at Wellington School and Christ Church College, Oxford.[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/165755656/person/222158824840/story Ancestry LifeStory: Geoffrey David Claud Tudor] Tudor was a lightweight boxer before taking up athletics and won the 1946 Oxbridge Sports half-mile title.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69542 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2025}}
Tudor finished second behind Peter Curry in the 2 miles steeplechase event at the 1948 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=12 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 April 2025}} Shortly after the AAAs, Tudor represented the Great Britain team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event and was eliminated in heat two.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/geoffrey-tudor-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/geoffrey-tudor-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Olympic profile|website=Sports reference}}
Tudor later taught English and Mathematics at Abingdon School from 1948 to 1949{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1948_September_V009_N003.pdf#page=5|title=1948 School Notes|website=the Abingdonian}} before moving to Devon to teach at the University College of the South West of England.{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1949_April_V009_N005.pdf#page=8|title=1949 School Notes|website=the Abingdonian}}
He died on 2 October 2018 at the age of 94[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60630&h=5456291&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=VUg2&_phstart=successSource Ancestry: Mr Geoffrey David Claud Tudor in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2018] in Bradiford, Devon.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:British male steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Teachers at Abingdon School
Category:Academics of the University of Exeter
Category:British people in colonial India
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