Harold Abrahams
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Records
Abrahams' record rests on a single afternoon in Paris in 1924, and it has proved remarkably durable. He was the first British athlete to win the Olympic 100 metres since 1908, and he did it against a field that most observers expected the Americans to dominate. What sets him apart from other one-time champions is the second life his story acquired: a Best Picture-winning film, a place in sports education, and a training method that anticipated modern sprint preparation. His posthumous honours, including induction into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and an English Heritage blue plaque, recognise both the athlete and the man who faced prejudice to get there.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Recognises his Olympic gold medal and his place in Jewish sporting history.
English Heritage Blue Plaque
Installed at 2 Hodford Road, Barnet, where he lived from 1923 to 1936.
Records & Feats
First British athlete to win the Olympic 100 metres since 1908
Won the 100 metres final at the 1924 Paris Olympics, ending a sixteen-year gap for Britain in the event.
World record in the 100 yards
Set a world record over 100 yards in 1922 while competing for Cambridge.