Philip Kingsford

Philip Kingsford

Kingsford in 1914
Personal information
Born	10 August 1891 Lewisham, London
Died	26 July 1919 (aged 27) Hammersmith, London
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump, triple jump
Club	L.A.C., London
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	LJ – 7.09 m (1914) TJ – 13.57 m (1912)[1][2]

Philip Cave Kingsford (10 August 1891 – 26 July 1919) was a British track and field athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Career

Kingsford finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.^[3][4]

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Olympic Games, in Stockholm, Sweden, where he finished 15th in the long jump and 19th in the standing long jump event.^[1]

In 1914, Kingsford became the National long jump champion after winning the 1914 AAA Championships title and finished fourth in the triple jump.^[5][6]

He served with the Middlesex Regiment in India.^[7]

References

1. Philip Kingsford. sports-reference.com
2. Philip Kingsford. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
6. "Amateur Athletics". Lancashire Evening Post. 4 July 1914. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Philip Kingsford". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

External links

• Philip Kingsford at Olympedia