Ernest Webb
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Ernest Webb was a British
athlete who competed mainly in the 10 mile walk.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics
held in London
, Great Britain
in the 10 mile walk where he won the Silver medal behind fellow Brit George Larner
. The two of them repeated this in the 3500 metre walk giving Ernest Webb his second silver medal of the games.
Four years later he returned to the 1912 Summer Olympics
in Stockholm
, Sweden
where he competed in the inaugural 10 kilometre walk and finished off with his third Olympic silver behind Canada's George Goulding
.
Ernest Webb competed for the Herne Hill Harriers
.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
athlete who competed mainly in the 10 mile walk.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
held in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in the 10 mile walk where he won the Silver medal behind fellow Brit George Larner
George Larner
George Edward Larner was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10 mile walk.He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 10 mile walk where he won the Gold medal ahead of a British cleansweep with Ernest Webb in silver and Edward Spencer in...
. The two of them repeated this in the 3500 metre walk giving Ernest Webb his second silver medal of the games.
Four years later he returned to the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
where he competed in the inaugural 10 kilometre walk and finished off with his third Olympic silver behind Canada's George Goulding
George Goulding
George Henry Goulding was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 10 kilometre walk. He was born in Hull, England....
.
Ernest Webb competed for the Herne Hill Harriers
Herne Hill Harriers
The Herne Hill Harriers is an amateur athletics sports club based at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London. The club was originally founded in the Herne Hill district of London in 1889.. The club caters to all levels and ages of track, field, road running and cross country...
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