Ralph Starr

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Ralph Starr
Ralph Starr in 1928
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1903-03-06)6 March 1903
Cambridge, England
Died20 November 1959(1959-11-20) (aged 56)
Marylebone, England
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event
800 metres
ClubUniversity of Cambridge AC
Achilles Club

Ralph Stewart Starr (6 March 1903 – 20 November 1959) was a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Starr was born in Cambridge and was educated at Cambridge County School and Christ's College, Cambridge.[2]

Starr went to his first Olympic Games in Paris during 1924, competing in the 5,000 metres event.[3] From 1923 to 1926 he represented Cambridge against Oxford four times and won the Southern mile title in 1925.[4]

At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, he competed in the men's 800 metres competition.[4]

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