Archie Turner (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Maryhill Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Archibald Turner was a Scottish athlete who competed and won a bronze medal at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).[1]
Biography
Turner competed in the 100 yards, 220 yards events and 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England.[2] He won a bronze medal as part of the Scottish Empire Games team in the relay.[3]
He ran for the Maryhill Harriers in Glasgow[4] and finished runner-up to Robin Murdoch at the 1933 Scottish Athletics Championships over 220 yards.[5]
References
- ^"Archibald Turner". Team Scotland. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^"Scotland team - London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^"Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^"Amateur Athletic Cracks". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 25 June 1931. Retrieved 26 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Record breaking at Hampden". Dundee Courier. 26 June 1933. Retrieved 26 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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