Michael Gutteridge (athlete)

Michael Gutteridge
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Bornfourth quarter 1908
Bromley, Kent, England
Died12 May 1935 (aged 26)
West Bengal, India
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventmiddle-distance
ClubAchilles Club

Michael Harold Cooke Gutteridge (Q4. 1908 – 12 May 1935) was an English athlete.

Biography

Gutteridge finished third behind Cyril Ellis in the 880 yards event at the 1929 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]

The following year, he competed in the 880 yards at the 1930 British Empire Games for England[4]

Gutteridge finished third behind Jack A. Cooper in the 880 yards event at the 1934 AAA Championships.[5][6] Shortly afterwards, he represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games in the 880 yards event.[7]

He was an undergraduate at the time of the 1930 Games and later a lieutenant in the Royal Tank Corps.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Finals of White City events". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 14 July 1934. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "British athletes lose titles". Weekly Dispatch (London). 15 July 1934. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  8. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.