John Heap (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1907 St Pancras, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 April 2000 (aged 92) Dacorum, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Surrey AC | ||||||||||||||
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John Crocker Heap (9 November 1907 – 6 April 2000) was an athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Heap was born in St Pancras, London[2] and was a member of the Surrey Athletic Club.[3]
In 1928 he was eliminated in the first round of the Olympic 100 metre event at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.[2]
He represented England at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario,[4] where he won the silver medal with the relay team in the 4×110 yards competition.[5]
References
- ^ "John Heap". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Birchfield Beaten". Athletic News. 6 May 1929. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hamilton 1930 Team". Team England. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 September 2025.