John Michie (athlete)
{{Short description|British athlete}}
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| name = John Michie
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| nationality = British (Scottish)
| sport = Athletics
| event = high jump
| club = South London Harriers
| birth_date = 25 October 1908
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| death_date = 1983
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{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1934 London | High jump}}
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John Fraser Michie (25 October 1908 – 1983) was a Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and won a bronze medal.
Biopgraphy
Michie finished second behind Mihály Bodosi in the high jump event at the 1934 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19340714/336/0011 |title=Finals of White City events |work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=14 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19340715/325/0019 |title=British athletes lose titles |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=15 July 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{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=16 January 2025 }}
Shortly afterwards, he represented Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games. At the Games in London, he won the bronze medal in the high jump event.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/games/medal-history/?by_games=2763 |title=London 1934 medals |website=Team Scotland |access-date=16 January 2025 }} In the 440 yards competition, he was eliminated in the heats.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://commonwealthgames.com/ commonwealthgames.com results]
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Category:Scottish male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Scottish male high jumpers
Category:British male high jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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