Fred Alsop
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 October 1938 Plaistow, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump/triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hornchurch Harriers Mayesbrook AC | ||||||||||||||
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Frederick John Alsop (born 20 October 1938 in Plaistow, Essex) is a British former triple jumper and long jumper who competed at three Olympic Games.
Biography
[edit]Alsop competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] His best result was his fourth place in the triple jump at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[2] He repeated the achievement fours years later by winning another bronze at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3]
Alsop was a six times British triple jump champion (one achieved as the best placed British athlete) and three times British long jump champion. The nine titles were achived by winning the AAA Championships from 1960 to 1967.[4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fred Alsop". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "White City details". Daily Express. 15 July 1961. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results". Sunday Express. 16 July 1961. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- English male long jumpers
- British male long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- People from Plaistow, Newham
- Athletes from the London Borough of Newham
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games