Harold Abrahams
Olympic athlete
1899 – 1978
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Who was Harold Abrahams?
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British track and field athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.
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- Born
- Dec 15, 1899
Bedford - Also known as
- Harold Maurice Abrahams
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sybil Evers
(1936 - )
- Sybil Evers
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Repton School
- University of Cambridge
- Bedford School
- Lived in
- Golders Green
- Bedford
- Died
- Jan 14, 1978
London Borough of Enfield - Resting place
- Saint John the Baptist Church
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on July 23, 2013
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