Joe Blewitt
{{Short description|British long-distance runner (1895–1954)}}
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|image=Joe Blewitt 1921.jpg
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|caption=Joe Blewitt in 1921
|birth_date= 1 November 1895
|birth_place= Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
| death_date = 30 May 1954 (aged 58)
| death_place = Birmingham, England
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|sport=Athletics
|event=800–10,000 m
|club= Birchfield Harriers
|pb=880 yd – 2:02.6 (1920)
Mile – 4:21.6 (1923)
3000 m – 8:49.3e (1920)
5000 m – 15:15.2 (1922)
10,000 m – 32:44.4 (1921)
10 miles – 53:45.6 (1919)
3000 mS – 10:17.0 (1924)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=612&Gender=M Charles Blewitt]. trackfield.brinkster.net
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{{Medal|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1920 Antwerp| 3000 m team}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|International Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|1921 Caerleon|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|1923 Maisons-Laffitte|Individual}}
{{Medal|Gold|1924 Newcastle-on-Tyne|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|1922 Glasgow|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|1923 Maisons-Laffitte|Team}}
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Charles Edward Blewitt (1 November 1895 – 30 May 1954), also known as Joe Blewitt was a British runner, who competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.
Career
Blewitt won Midland Championships over distances ranging from 880 yd to 10 miles. He was English national and international champion in cross-country running.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68897 |title=Joe Blewitt |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2021}}
Blewitt became the National 10 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19190707/133/0007 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily Herald |date=7 July 1919 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19190707/010/0010 |title=Amateur Champions |work=Daily Record |date=7 July 1919 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 November 2024 }}
Blewitt became the National 4 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }} The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, he finished fifth in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres, earning a silver medal in the 3000 metres team event.
Blewitt was British 4 mile champion for 1922, 1923{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001947/19230707/184/0012 |title=Liddell creates new record |work=Pall Mall Gazette |date=7 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }} and 1925, although the 1923 event was by virtue of being the best placed British athlete after finishing behind the legendary Finn Paavo Nurmi.{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=21 November 2024 }}
Shortly after he won the steeplechase title at the 1924 AAA Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19240621/189/0006 |title=To-day's Athletics|work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=21 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19240623/112/0004 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=23 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025}} he withdrew from the 1924 Olympic steeplechase race due to an injury.
At the 1928 Olympic Games, he failed to reach the final of the 3000 m steeplechase.
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Category:People from Upton-upon-Severn
Category:English male long-distance runners
Category:British male long-distance runners
Category:English male middle-distance runners
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:International Cross Country Championships winners
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:English male steeplechase runners