Joe Blewitt

Joe Blewitt

Joe Blewitt in 1921
Personal information
Born	1 November 1895 Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
Died	30 May 1954 (aged 58) Birmingham, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800–10,000 m
Club	Birchfield Harriers, Birmingham
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	880 yd – 2:02.6 (1920) Mile – 4:21.6 (1923) 3000 m – 8:49.3e (1920) 5000 m – 15:15.2 (1922) 10,000 m – 32:44.4 (1921) 10 miles – 53:45.6 (1919) 3000 mS – 10:17.0 (1924)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp 3000 m team Representing  England International Cross Country Championships 1921 Caerleon Team 1923 Maisons-Laffitte Individual 1924 Newcastle-on-Tyne Team 1922 Glasgow Team 1923 Maisons-Laffitte Team

Charles Edward Blewitt (1 November 1895 – 30 May 1954), also known as Joe Blewitt was a British runner, who competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Career

Blewitt won Midland Championships over distances ranging from 880 yd to 10 miles. He was English national and international champion in cross-country running.^[3]

Blewitt became the National 10 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.^[4][5] Blewitt became the National 4 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships.^[6][7] The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, he finished fifth in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres, earning a silver medal in the 3000 metres team event.

Blewitt was British 4 mile champion for 1922, 1923^[8] and 1925, although the 1923 event was by virtue of being the best placed British athlete after finishing behind the legendary Finn Paavo Nurmi.^[9]

Shortly after he won the steeplechase title at the 1924 AAA Championships,^[10][11] he withdrew from the 1924 Olympic steeplechase race due to an injury.^[1]

At the 1928 Olympic Games, he failed to reach the final of the 3000 m steeplechase.

References

1. Joe Blewitt Archived 12 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. Charles Blewitt. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. "Joe Blewitt". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Liddell creates new record". Pall Mall Gazette. 7 July 1923. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
10. "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.