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Northern Irish athlete

NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)

Bornc.1933^[1]

Event(s)

Javelin throw, Shot put

Kevin Flanagan
Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Born	c.1933^[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw, Shot put
Club	Albert Foundry AC Royal Ulster Constabulary

Kevin Edward Flanagan (born c.1933) is a former athlete from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Flanagan attended St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast^[2] and St Mary's University College, Belfast.^[1]

He was a member of the Albert Foundry Athletics Club and the athletics club of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.^[3] He was a RUC policeman in Belfast and represented Great Britain at international level.^[4]

He represented the 1954 Northern Irish Team^[5] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada,^[6] participating in the javelin throw and shot put events.^[7] He reached the final of the javelin throw and finished seventh.^[8]

After the games, the Northern Ireland team were given a civic reception by the Lord and Mayor and Lady Mayoress at the Belfast City Hall but Flanagan missed the reception because he was competing in the World Police Championships in Sweden.^[9]

References

1 2 "Sporting Gossip". Belfast Telegraph. 24 April 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Athletics at Wembley". Northern Whig. 20 April 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Kevin Flanagan, a javelin and weight thrower of promise". Belfast Telegraph. 21 February 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Flanagan in british team for Europe". Belfast Telegraph. 5 August 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Northern Ireland Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Off-to battle for Ulster in Vancouver". Belfast Telegraph. 19 July 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Athletics Shot Put - Men Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
↑ "Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
↑ "Ulster Athletes Entertained". Belfast News-Letter. 4 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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