Ken Box
{{Short description|British sprinter (1930–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ken Box
| image =
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprints/long jump
| club = Liverpool Harriers
| birth_date = 1 December 1930
| birth_place = West Derby, Liverpool, England
| death_date = 1 September 2022 (aged 91)
| death_place = Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
| height =174 cm
| weight =70 kg
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Sport| Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1954 Bern | 4×100 m relay}}
}}
Kenneth James Box (1 December 1930 – 1 September 2022 was a track and field sprinter[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160416/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=567 British Olympic Committee] who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ken-box-1.html Ken Box]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 19 June 2015.
Biography
Box was born in West Derby and was a member of the Liverpool Harriers.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68903 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=25 April 2025}}
Box finished third behind George Ellis in the 100 metres 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}}{{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}} Shortly afterwards, he represented the England team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver,{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/vancouver-1954/athletes |title=Vancouver 1954 Team |website=Team England |access-date=16 April 2025}} where he was fourth in the relay, having been eliminated in the 100 yards heats.
Also in 1954, he won the silver medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Berne, Switzerland in the men's 4×100 metres relay, alongside George Ellis, Kenneth Jones and Brian Shenton.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/ec.htm British Medallist in European Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 19 June 2015.
Box represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in the men's 100 metres and 4×100 metres relay. The year after he became the British 100 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1957 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19570713/006/0006 |title=Ibbotson has shock - fails to qualify |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 July 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=25 April 2025}}
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Category:People from West Derby
Category:Athletes from Liverpool
Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games