Ronald Wylde
{{Short description|Scottish athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ronald Wylde
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| nationality = Scottish South African
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m
| club = Edinburgh UAC
| birth_date = 7 January 1913
| birth_place = South Africa
| death_date = 8 July 2000 (aged 87)
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{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1934 London | 4×440 yards}}
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Ronald Burns Wylde (7 January 1913 – 8 July 2000){{sfn|Evans|2000|p=1201}} was a South African-born Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
Biography
He was also a medical doctor who practised in Grahamstown. South Africa. He attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
At the 1934 Empire Games, he was a member of the Scottish relay team that won the bronze medal in the 4×440 yards event. In the 440 yards competition, he was eliminated in the heats.
Wylde finished second behind Bill Roberts in the 440 yards event at the 1937 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19370717/014/0014 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=17 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19370719/011/0011 |title=Six records go by the board at White City |work=Evening Despatch |date=19 July 1937 |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 }}
References
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- {{cite journal|journal=SA Medical Journal|volume=90|date=2000|first=Bert|last=Evans|title=In Memoriam – Ron Wylde|url=http://archive.samj.org.za/2000%20VOL%2090%20Jan-Dec/Articles/12%20December/1.11%20IN%20MEMORIAM.pdf}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ commonwealthgames.com results]
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Category:South African people of Scottish descent
Category:Scottish male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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