James Cohen
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1906 Southwark, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 1958 (aged 51) Westminster, London England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Cambridge Achilles Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Horace James Cohen (6 May 1906 – 14 March 1958) was an English athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Biography
At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. he finished 39th in the Olympic long jump event.
Cohen became the national long jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1929 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal with the English relay team in the 4×110 yards competition. In the long jump contest he finished sixth.
He died in Westminster.
References
- ^ "Profile". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.