Edgar Mountain

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Edgar Mountain
Edgar Mountain in 1921
Personal information
Born2 April 1901
Camberwell, London, Great Britain
Died30 April 1985 (aged 84)
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 m
ClubSurrey AC, Kingston-upon-Thames;
University of Cambridge
Achievements and titles
Personal best800 m – 1:53.8e (1920)[1][2]

Edgar Donald Mountain (2 April 1901 – 30 April 1985) was a British middle-distance runner.[3] He competed in the 800 m event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in 1920, setting a British junior record.[1]

After the 1924 Olympics Mountain settled in South Africa and later became a specialist in South African geological formations and professor at Rhodes University. He discovered several minerals, and one them, mountainite, bears his name.[1]

Mountain was educated at Sutton Valence School.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Edgar Mountain. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Edgar Mountain. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Edgar Mountain". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "O.S. Sportsmen". The Suttonian. 34 (5): 54. 1988.