Theodore Just
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 April 1886 Bristol, England |
| Died | 13 February 1937 (aged 50) Marylebone, London, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | middle-distance |
| Club | University of Cambridge AC Achilles Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| 1908 | |
Theodore Hartman Just (23 April 1886 – 13 February 1937) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Just was educated at St Paul's School, London and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] winning his blue from 1907 to 1909. He would later study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital (St. Bart's).[1]
Just became the National 880 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1908 AAA Championships.[4][5]
At the 1908 Olympic Games, he represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London,[6] in the 800 metres, winning his first round heat easily with a time of 1:57.8. He then placed fifth in the final with a time of 1:56.4.[1]
He was also a member of the British relay team. He ran the 800 metres in the medley relay competition, but his team was eliminated in the first round.[1]
During World War I, he served as a major in the RAMC before going to work St. Bart's as an Otorhinolaryngology surgeon.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Theodore Just". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "The Olympic Games, British Representatives". The Sportsman. 12 June 1908. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletics". The Scotsman. 7 November 1905. Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ↑ "The Olympic Games, British Representatives". The Sportsman. 12 June 1908. Retrieved 11 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 July 2006.
- Theodore Just at World Athletics
- Theodore Just at Olympedia
- 1886 births
- 1937 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- British men middle-distance runners
- Athletes from Bristol
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- People educated at St Paul's School, London
- AAA Championships winners
- Olympic men middle-distance runners