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Edwin Flack
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack, Teddy Flack, Edwin Harold Flack
Australian middle distance runner and tennis player (1873-1935)
Key facts
- Full name
- Edwin Harold Flack
- Nickname
- Teddy
- Nationality
- Australian
- Born
- ( 1873-11-05 ) 5 November 1873, Islington , London, England
- Died
- 10 January 1935 (1935-01-10) (aged 61), Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
- Sport
- Athletics tennis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Berwick
- Occupation
- middle-distance runner
- Educated at
- Melbourne Grammar School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Image
- Flack.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edwin Flack
- date of birth
- 1873-11-05
- date of death
- 1935-01-10
- member of
- International Olympic Committee
- sports discipline competed in
- marathon
- birth name
- Edwin Harold Flack
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Encyclopedic overview
Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935) was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres running events.
Following Flack's Olympic appearance, he did not compete in any major events again, opting to breed cattle and help his family's accounting firm. Flack died aged 61 following an operation, and was buried in his hometown of Berwick. He is commemorated with a bronze statue of him on High Street and a reserve bearing his name including several sporting grounds honoring his legacy and contributions to sports. Flack was also inducted into the Sport Australia and Athletics Australia halls of fame in 1985 and 2000, respectively.
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