Frank Hegarty

Olympic athlete

1892 –

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Who is Frank Hegarty?

Anthony "Anton" Hegarty was an Irish cross country athlete. He twice represented Ireland at the World Cross Country Championships.

Hegarty was born on 14 December 1892, in Derry, Ireland, the son of Isabel and John Hegarty. He competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, in the Cross Country Team where he won the silver medal with his team mates James Wilson and Alfred Nichols after finishing fifth in the individual cross country event. He died in Rugby, England in 1944.

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Born
Dec 14, 1892
Londonderry
Nationality
  • United Kingdom

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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