Con Leahy
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 19 May 2012. |
Cornelius "Con" Leahy (27 April 1876 – 18 December 1921) was an
Biography
Leahy was born in Creggane, outside Bruree, on the County Limerick-County Cork border, to Thomas Leahy and Mary McDonough.[2] He was one of seven brothers, all of whom were sportsmen. His brother Patrick won the British high jump record in 1898 and went on to win Olympic medals in 1900. Another brother, Timothy, also jumped competitively.[3]
In 1906, Leahy,
In the 1908 Olympic Games, Leahy again took part in the high jump. Three jumpers, Leahy, Géo André and István Somodi, shared second place with 1.88 meters behind the American Harry Porter, who won with 1.90 meters.[6]
Later years and death
In 1909 Con and Patrick Leahy emigrated to the United States. Con died in Manhattan in 1921. In 2006, to mark the 100th anniversary of his Olympic medal win, a memorial was unveiled in Thomas Street, Limerick.[7]
Record
- 1906: Gold medal, High jump; Silver medal, hop, step and jump (triple jump)
- 1908: Silver medal, High jump
References
- ^ "Con Leahy". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Con Leahy Bio, Stats, and Results. Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ISBN 9781317979760. p. 30.
- ^ Dwyer, Ryle. (27 July 2012). Our forgotten Olympians. Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's High Jump. Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Limerick County Council annual report 2006 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Ian Buchanan: British Olympians, Enfield 1991 ISBN 0-85112-952-8
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996 Track and Fields Athletics, Berlin 1999