Alex Grant (long jumper)

Grant, from Aberdeen, was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Fettes College, where he captained the rugby, hockey, fives, golf and basketball teams at the latter.^[1][2] He studied at the University of Cambridge and was a member of their Athletic Club.^[3]

After the 1958 Scottish A.A.A. Championships, he was named on the provisional list for the forthcoming Empire Games.^[4]

He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team^[2] at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[5] participating in one event, the long jump.^[6]