Peter Hildreth
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Representing  Great Britain
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1950 Brussels | 110 m hurdles |
Peter Burke Hildreth (8 July 1928 – 25 February 2011) was a British hurdling athlete.
Athletics career
Born in
He equalled the
Hildreth won the 110m (then 120 yards) hurdles event in 14.5 sec. at the AAA championships in the White City on 14 July 1956. He finished the final race only 0.1 sec. ahead of Ion Opris, the Romanian champion, who created a major stir by running straight off the track and out of the stadium to claim political asylum in Britain.
He represented England in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4]
Personal life
He was the son of
Hildreth, in July 2008, at age 80, was banned from running up an escalator in the Elphicks Farnham department store on safety grounds.[1]
Hildreth died on 25 February 2011 at the age of 82.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Olympian, 80, falls foul of escalator police", The Daily Telegraph, page 10, 29 July 2008
- ^ European Athletics(2011-02-27). Retrieved on 2011-02-27.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
External links
- Peter Hildreth at World Athletics
- Peter Hildreth at Olympedia
- Peter Hildreth at Team GB
- Interview from Highgate Harriers
- Peter Hildreth at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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