Stanley Engelhart
{{Short description|English sprinter (1910–1979)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Stanley Engelhart
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprints
| club = York Harriers & Athletic Club
| birth_date = 3 February 1910
| birth_place = Selby, England
| death_date = 10 September 1979 (aged 69)
| death_place = Selby, England
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{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1930 Hamilton | 220 yd}}
{{MedalSilver| 1930 Hamilton | 4×110 yd}}
}}
Stanley Eric Engelhart (3 February 1910 – 10 September 1979) was an English athlete who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69038 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 January 2025}}
Biography
Engelhart was born Selby. He finished second behind John Hanlon in the 220 yards event at the 1929 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 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=5 January 2025 }}
Shortly before the 1930 British Empire Games, Engelhart became the national 220 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title and finished third behind Christiaan Berger in the 100 yards event at the 1930 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19300705/401/0015 |title=Marathon race won by Scotsman |work=Daily Herald |date=5 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19300707/257/0014|title=Three new native records |work=Daily News (London) |date=7 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }} At the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada, he won the gold medal in the 220 yards contest. He won the silver medal with the English relay team in the 4×110 yards event.
Engelhart finished third behind Fred Reid in the 220 yards event at the 1932 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19320702/059/0006 |title=Amateur Athletics Championships |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=2 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19320703/283/0022 |title=Fast times in AAA Championships |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=3 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}
Shortly afterwards Engelhart was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 200 metres event. He was also a member of the British relay team which finished sixth in the 4×100 metres competition.
Competition record
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| 1930
|6th |100 y |NT |
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/stanley-engelhart-1.html Stanley Engelhart's profile at Sports Reference.com]
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Category:Sportspeople from Selby
Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
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