James Soutter
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| Born | 1 January 1885 Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 August 1966 (aged 81) Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | 400m/800m | |||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | |||||||||||
Medal record
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James Tindal Soutter (1 January 1885 – 8 August 1966, Edinburgh) was a Scottish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
Soutter finished second behind German Hanns Braun in the 880 yards event at the 1912 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
Shortly after the AAA Championships, he competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 4 x 400 metre relay, at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and Cyril Seedhouse.[5]
References
- ^ "James Soutter". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Soutter Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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- Scottish Olympic medallists
- Scottish male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire
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- British athletics Olympic medallist stubs
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