Harry Wood (athlete)

Harry Wood

Wood at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1902-11-28)28 November 1902 Wigan, England
Died	27 June 1975(1975-06-27) (aged 72) Wigan, England
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Event	Marathon

Harold 'Harry' Wood (28 November 1902 – 27 June 1975) was a British long-distance runner.

Athletics career

He competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He also competed for England in the marathon at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.^[2]

Personal life

Wood was a miner by trade.^[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Wood Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "Harold Wood, Wigan miner, World-ranked marathon runner". Northern Athletics.