Oswald Groenings
{{Short description|British athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Oswald Groenings
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|birth_date= 20 May 1880
|birth_place= Middlesbrough, England
| death_date = 24 March 1965 (aged 84)
| death_place = London, England
|sport=Athletics
|event= hurdles/high jump
|club=Polytechnic Harriers
}}
Oswald Jacob Groenings (later Birkbeck, 20 May 1880 – 24 March 1965) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000648/19080612/187/0008 |title=Olympic Games, Britain's team of athletes |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 April 2025}}
Biography
Groenings born in Middlesbrough, finished second behind Robert Stronach in the 120 yards hurdles event and second behind Con Leahy in the high jump event at the 1906 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000984/19060709/186/0009 |title=Amateur Championships |work=Bristol Times and Mirror |date=9 July 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 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=20 August 2024}} Groenings became the National 120 yards hurdles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1907 AAA Championships and 1908 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19070708/006/0006 |title=Champion athletes |work=Daily Record |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19070708/020/0002 |title=AAA Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 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=19 August 2024}}
Groenings represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19080612/073/0003 |title=The Olympic Games, British Representatives |work=The Sportsman |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 April 2025}} where he competed in hurdles events. He was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 400 metre hurdles competition after finishing second in his heat. He also participated in the 110 metre hurdles event and was eliminated in the semi-finals again after finishing fourth in his heat.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69095 |title=Oswald Groenings |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=9 March 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/oswald-groenings-1.html Sports Reference profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Middlesbrough
Category:English male hurdlers
Category:British male hurdlers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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