Lionel Reed
{{Short description|British athlete}}
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|name= Lionel Reed
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|birth_date= 31 December 1883
|birth_place= Kensington, London, England
| death_date = 11 February 1957 (aged 73)
| death_place = Hastings, England
|sport=Athletics
|event=Sprints
|club=London Athletic Club
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Lionel James de Burgh Reed (31 December 1883 – 11 February 1957) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Born in Kensington, London, Reed finished second behind Canadian Robert Kerr in the 220 yards at the 1908 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000668/19080706/152/0008 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=6 July 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 August 2024}}{{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=25 August 2024}}
At the 1908 Olympic Games, he competed in the 200 metres, Reed won his preliminary heat with a time of 23.2 seconds. He dropped his time to 22.8 seconds in the semifinal, but that wasn't enough to beat Robert Cloughen's 22.6 seconds and Reed was eliminated without advancing to the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69418 |title=Lionel Reed |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 March 2021}}
In 1910 he became the National 440 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/lionel-reed-1.html Lionel Reed]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001708/19100704/076/0004 |title=Athletics |work=Evening Star |date=3 July 1910 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19100704/218/0006 |title=AAA Championships |work=The Scotsman |date=4 July 1910 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 November 2024 }}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 24 July 2006}}
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 24 July 2006|language=pl}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:People from Kensington
Category:Athletes from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea