Ken McArthur
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 Kenneth McArthur at the 1912 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | February 10, 1881 Dervock, County Antrim, Ireland | |||||||||||
| Died | June 13, 1960 (aged 79) Potchefstroom, South Africa | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||
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Kennedy Kane "Ken" McArthur (February 10, 1881 – June 13, 1960) is most noted as a track and field athlete and winner of the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Born in Dervock, County Antrim, Ireland, McArthur was recognised as a promising athlete as a teenager, but he didn't pursue an athletics career until after emigrating to South Africa in 1901 at the age of 20.
After joining the Johannesburg Police Force in 1906, McArthur begun to take athletics seriously. Soon he had won the Transvaal half and one mile championships, the five mile track championship and also two national cross country championships.
McArthur ran his first marathon late in the 1908 season, and surprisingly beat the Olympic silver medalist Charles Hefferon. He also won the national one and ten mile championships.
The Stockholm Olympic marathon took place in sweltering heat. Representing South Africa in the event, McArthur and his teammate Christian Gitsham ran together and soon took the lead. Confident of victory, Gitsham stopped for water, expecting his colleague to join him, as agreed. Instead McArthur ran on, stretching his lead and taking him to certain victory over Gitsham by 58 seconds.
In the next season, McArthur injured his foot in an accident and was forced to retire from athletics. He ran six marathon races (including the Olympic marathon) throughout his career and never lost one.
References
- ^ "Ken McArthur". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ken McArthur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- Kennedy McArthur at the South African Sport and Arts Hall of Fame
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