Edwin Thacker
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| 1938 Sydney | High jump |
Edwin Thomas Thacker (24 July 1913 – 4 August 1974) was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Germiston.
In 1936 he finished twelfth in the Olympic high jump event.
At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal high jump competition. Four years later at the 1938 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the high jump contest again.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edwin Thacker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
Commonwealth Games champions in men's high jump | |
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- 1913 births
- 1974 deaths
- Sportspeople from Germiston
- Athletes from Gauteng
- South African men high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games athletes for South Africa
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- 20th-century South African sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
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