Henry Barker (athlete)
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Middle-distance running
| club = Salford Harriers
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|06|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Worsbrough, South Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|03||1871|06|08|df=yes}}
| death_place = Oldham, England
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Henry Barker (8 June 1871 – March 1944) was a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/henry-barker-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/henry-barker-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Henry Barker Olympic Results |access-date=19 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/harry-barker/4vTScR7txaJgMEWdldw5Bj |title=Henry Barker |website=Team GB |access-date=14 April 2025}}
Biography
Barker was born in Worsbrough, South Yorkshire and was a member of the Salford Harriers,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19070708/006/0006 |title=Champion athletes |work=Daily Record |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2025}} where he became sub captain and in addition to athletics, won awards for swimming, wrestling, shooting and walking.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003364/19060218/183/0012 |title=A remarkable all-round athlete |work=Empire News & The Umpire |date=18 February 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2025}} He started racing in cross country and competed in the 1901 English National Cross Country Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68859 |title=Henry Barker |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 April 2025}} Barker raced primarily over the one mile and steeplechase. He finished third behind Joseph English and Arthur Robertson in the steeplechase event at the 1907 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=13 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=13 April 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19070708/020/0002 |title=AAA Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2025}}
Barker represented the Great Britain team at the 1908 Olympic Games in London,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19080612/073/0003 |title=The Olympic Games, British Representatives |work=The Sportsman |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 April 2025}}{{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=14 April 2025}} where he participated in the men's 3200 metres steeplechase competition. In his heat he was eliminated by Canadian William Galbraith after stopping with an injury.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:British male steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Sportspeople from Barnsley
Category:English male middle-distance runners
Category:English male steeplechase runners
Category:Athletes from Yorkshire