Roger Leigh-Wood
English athlete (1906–1987)
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Roger Leigh-Wood (né Wood, 16 August 1906 – 1 March 1987) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1906 Paddington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 March 1987 (aged 80) Alton, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | 440y/400m/hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Oxford AC Achilles Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Leigh-Wood was born in Paddington, London. He finished third behind Douglas Lowe in the 440 yards event at the 1927 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]
He finished second behind Douglas Lowe again in the 440 yards event at the 1928 AAA Championships.[4][5] Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he was a member of the British relay team which finished fifth in the 4×400 metre relay event. In the 400 metres competition he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal with the English team in the 4×440 yards relay contest and the silver medal in the 440 yards hurdles event.
He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1964.[6]
He died in Alton.
