Gordon Smallacombe

{{short description|Canadian athletics competitor}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1930 Hamilton | Triple jump}}

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Gordon Smallacombe (10 February 1907 – 1957) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in jumping events.[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=6178&Gender=M Gordon Smallacombe]. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-03-16. A Torontonian based out of the West End YMCA, he was the gold medallist in the triple jump at the 1930 British Empire Games, becoming the inaugural champion in the event with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|14.76}}. It was in fact the very first gold medal won in the history of the British Empire (later Commonwealth) Games.{{Cite web|title=The British Empire Games of 1930|url=http://torontoist.com/2015/07/the-british-empire-games-of-1930/|publisher=Torontoist.com|accessdate=30 August 2017|author=Jamie Bradburn|date=21 July 2015}} He remains the only Canadian man to win that title.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm Commonwealth Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-16. At the games, he also competed in the high jump (failing to record a mark) and in the long jump, taking fifth place with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|6.61}}.[http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp?participants=&athleteid=38722&page=&exp=1 Gordon Smallacombe]. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 2016-03-16.

He won three titles at the Canadian Track and Field Championships, being high jump champion in 1929 and double champion in 1930 in the long and triple jump.[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.athletics.ca/admin/..%5Cfiles%5C%5CResults%5CNationals%5CCANADIAN_MEDALLISTS_1900-2012-MEN_EN_FR.PDF Canadian Championships Medallists 1900-2012]. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2016-03-16.