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DeutschRonald Wylde
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| Nationality | Scottish South African | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1913 South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 2000 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh UAC | ||||||||||||||
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Ronald Burns Wylde (7 January 1913 – 8 July 2000)[1] was a South African-born Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
Biography
[edit]He was also a medical doctor who practised in Grahamstown. South Africa. He attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
At the 1934 Empire Games, he was a member of the Scottish relay team that won the bronze medal in the 4×440 yards event. In the 440 yards competition, he was eliminated in the heats.
Wylde finished second behind Bill Roberts in the 440 yards event at the 1937 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans 2000, p. 1201.
- ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- Evans, Bert (2000). "In Memoriam – Ron Wylde" (PDF). SA Medical Journal. 90.
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