Ted Sampson
British athlete
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Edward John Sampson (born 2 December 1935), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m/440y | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Sampson was a member of the Blackheath Harriers.
He represented the England athletics team[1] and won a silver medal in the 4 × 440 yard relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2][3] He obtained the English 440yards record in a heat of that event at Cardiff Arms Park on 22 July 1958, in a time of 46.8 seconds, and was the first British athlete to run below 47seconds for that event.[citation needed]
He missed out on a place for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome after a poor performance at the 1960 AAA Championships.[4]
