Maurice Herriott
British track and field athlete
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Maurice Herriott (born 8 October 1939) is a British former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase and competed at two Olympic Games.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1939 Great Wyrley, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sparkhill Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Herriott was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire.[2]
Herriott became the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1959 AAA Championships[3] and claimed two more AAA titles at both the 1961 AAA Championships[4] and 1962 AAA Championships.[5]
He also represented England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medal in the steeplechase for England.[6][7]
Herriott won his fourth and fifth AAA titles in 1963 and 1964,[8] before he was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, in the 3000 metre steeplechase, where he won the silver medal.[2]
He represented the England team[9] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[10]
Herriott would go on to win a remarkable eight AAA steeplechase titles with further wins in 1965, 1966 and 1967 and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain again.[2]
Nationally he ran for the Birmingham-based athletics club Sparkhill Harriers, of which he was made an honorary lifelong member.[11]