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'''Edwin Thomas Thacker''' (24 July 1913 – 4 August 1974) was a |
'''Edwin Thomas Thacker''' (24 July 1913 – 4 August 1974) was a South African [[Track and field athletics|athlete]] who competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]. |
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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
- 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.
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- 1913 births
- 1974 deaths
- Sportspeople from Germiston
- South African male high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of 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 medallists in athletics
- South African athletics biography stubs