Laurence Reavell-Carter
{{Short description|British discus thrower}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Laurence Reavell-Carter
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|8|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brentford, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|10|4|1914|8|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Hastings, England
| sport = Athletics
| event = Discus
| club = Reading University AC/ Milocarian AC/ Royal Air Force
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Laurence Reavell-Carter CBE (27 August 1914 – 4 October 1985) was an English discus thrower who competed at two Olympic Games.{{cite Sports-Reference | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/laurence-reavell-carter-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/laurence-reavell-carter-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Laurence Reavell-Carter |accessdate=23 February 2016}}
Biography
Reavell-Carter was born in Brentford. He finished second behind Bernarr Prendergast in the discus throw event at the 1936 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 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=18 January 2025 }}
One month later he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, where he was eliminated during the qualifying of the discus competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69415 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2025}}
Reavell-Carter returned to competition after World War II and finished third behind Cummin Clancy at the 1948 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented the Great Britain team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where he participated in the discus throw event finishing 25th.
Reavell-Carter was a Wing Commander of the Royal Air Force, and was decorated Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Category:People from Brentford
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Hounslow
Category:British male discus throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:English male discus throwers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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