Ian Boyd (athlete)
{{Short description|British middle-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ian Boyd
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Middle-distance running
| club = Herne Hill Harriers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|12|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Epsom, England
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| height =174 cm
| weight =58 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1954 Vancouver|880 yards}}
}}
Ian Hugh Boyd (born 8 December 1933) is a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ian-boyd-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ian-boyd-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ian Boyd Olympic Results |access-date=28 October 2017}}.
Biography
Boyd finished second behind Roger Bannister in the 1 mile event at the 1954 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19540711/012/0012 |title=2 Britons hold new record |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=11 July 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 April 2025}} Shortly afterwards he represented England and won a bronze medal in the 880 yards race at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35433|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414221253/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35433|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/vancouver-1954/athletes|title=1954 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
After finishing third at the 1956 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=25 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=25 April 2025}} he competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68905 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=25 April 2025}}
Boyd was awarded the best senior athlete of the year for 1957 by his club, the Herne Hill Harriers.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002308/19571220/108/0008 |title=Herne Hill Harriers in leading positions |work=Norwood News |date=20 December 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}}
Two years later he represented England in the 1 mile race at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games