Jack Winfield
{{short description|English long-distance runner (1907-1991)}}
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| name = Jack Winfield
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = long-distance
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| birth_date = 27 October 1907
| birth_place = Stanley Common, Derbyshire, England
| death_date = January 1991 (aged 83)
| death_place = England
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|British Empire Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 1930 Hamilton | 3 miles}}
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John William Winfield (27 October 1907 – January 1991) was an English long-distance runner who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/hamilton-1930/athletes |title=Hamilton 1930 Team |website=Team England |access-date=9 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=http://bygonederbyshire.co.uk/articles/Winfield,_Jack_-_He_Just_Kept_Running |title=Jack Winfield - He just kept running|website=Bygone Derbyshire |access-date=9 January 2025 }}
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Winfield was born in Stanley Common. Shortly before the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada, Winfield became the national 10 miles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1930 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19300705/401/0015 |title=Marathon race won by Scotsman |work=Daily Herald |date=5 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19300707/257/0014 |title=Three new native records |work=Daily News (London) |date=7 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}
At 1930 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 3 miles event. In the 6 miles competition he finished seventh. The following year he successfully retained his 10 mile title at the 1931 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=9 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19310704/264/0013 |title=Athletics records may be smashed today |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1931 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19310706/286/0014 |title=Few AAA titles go abroad |work=Daily Herald |date=6 July 1931 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}
Winfield continued to run at a high level and took up marathon running. He finished third behind Jim Peters in the marathon event at the 1951 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19510729/288/0010 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=29 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 April 2025}} Aged 44 he was shortlisted for the 1952 Olympic Games but was unable to take a place due to finance issues.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:English male long-distance runners
Category:British male long-distance runners
Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:People from the Borough of Erewash
Category:Sportspeople from Derbyshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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