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Thomas Edgar Hammond (18 June 1878 – 18 December 1945) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was a founder member of the Brotherhood of Centurions (Centurion no.10) and is remembered primarily for his prowess as a long distance race walker.[1]
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Nationality | British |
Born | Hitcham, Suffolk | 18 June 1878
Died | 18 December 1945 67) Haywards Heath, West Sussex | (aged
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 miles walk |
Club | Surrey Walking Club |
Hammond was born on 18 June 1878 in Hitcham, Suffolk.[3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School,[4] and after school became a stockbroker at the London Stock Exchange.[1]
In 1899, Hammond signed up for service in the Boer War, becoming cyclist orderly to Lord Kitchener.[1] After war service he returned to stockbroking.[1] In 1903 he came third in the Stock Exchange London-to-Brighton Walk.[1] In 1904 he won the event in 8 hours, 26 minutes, 57 seconds which was then a record.[1] In 1904 he joined the Surrey Walking Club, eventually becoming its President, and also became a member of the Southern Counties Road Walking Association Committee.[5]
Prior to his appearance in the Olympics, Hammond set a number of records including London-to-Oxford (1907), London-to-Brighton and back (1907) and London-to-Brighton (1908).[5]
In the 1908 Olympics in London he took part in the 10-mile walk event. In September 1908 he set a number of British records including the 24-hour when he covered 131 miles, 580 yards; his record stood at the time of his death in 1945.[3] His time at 100 miles was 18-04:10.2.[3] In 1914 he set the record for Norwich-to-Ipswich.[5]
Hammond signed up for war service during World War I.[1] He held the post of D.A.D.O.S. in Northern Persia and left the army in 1920 with the rank of Major.[1]
In 1938 he was made President of the Old Bedford Modernians' Club.[1] Hammond died in Haywards Heath, West Sussex on 18 December 1945.[6]
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