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Reading Athletic Club

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Reading Athletic Club
File:Reading Athletic Club logo.jpg
Founded1881
GroundPalmer Park Stadium
LocationWokingham Rd, Earley, Reading RG6 1LF
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Websiteofficial website

Reading Athletic Club, is an athletics club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. The club officially formed in November 1881; however records show that it was one of the inaugural clubs that formed the governing body of athletics at that time, the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) in 1880.[1] There are also references dating back to the late 1860s, making the club one of the oldest and longest established athletic clubs in the United Kingdom.[2]

History

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Reading AC meeting in 2010 at the Palmer Park Stadium

Reading Athletic Club's earliest Olympian was Billy Leach who qualified for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm for the long jump and standing long jump after finishing second in the Olympic trial at Stamford Bridge but did not start the event.[3]

In 1964 Ann Packer became Britain's first female Olympic gold medalist, winning the 800 metres event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[4]

Notable athletes

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Ann Packer (no.55) on her way to Olympic gold

Olympians

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Athlete Events Games Medals/Pos, Ref
Billy Leach Long jump 1912 [3]
Henry Oliver 3000 m steeplechase 1928 [5]
Harry Whittle 400 m hurdles, long jump 1948, 1952 [6]
Ann Packer 400 m, 800 m 1964 [7]
Bev Goddard-Callender 200 m, 4×100 m, 4×400 m 1976, 1980, 1984 [8]
Kathy Smallwood-Cook 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4×100 m 1980, 1984 [9]
Simmone Jacobs 100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 [10]

Commonwealth Games

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Athlete Events Games Medals/Pos, Ref
Anthony Chivers 3 miles 1950
Nigel Spratley Shot put 1994

References

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