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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Edmund Burke , January 15, 1875, Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- February 14, 1929 (aged 54), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Boston University School of Law
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 146 lb (66 kg)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- 100-800 m
- Club
- Boston Athletic Association
- Personal best s
- 100 m – 11.2 (1895), 200 m – 22.6 (1897), 400 m – 48.5 (1896), 800 m – 1:55.9 (1897)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Burke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- Boston University School of Law
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1896 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Thomas Burke 1896.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- date of birth
- 1875-01-15
- date of death
- 1929-02-24
- Commons category
- Thomas Burke (athlete)
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Edmund Burke (January 15, 1875 – February 14, 1929) was an American sprinter. He was the first Olympic champion in the 100 and 400 meter sprint races.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Burke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.