Timothy Ahearne

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1908 London Triple jump

Timothy Joseph "Tim" Ahearne (born August 17[1], 1885 in Athea, Limerick – died December, 1968 in New York, United States) was an Irish athlete, who won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, while representing Great Britain and Ireland (as Ireland was not recognised separately at the time by the International Olympic Committee).

  1. ^ Some sources say, that he was born on August 18.
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Olympic champions in men's triple jump
1896: James Connolly • 1900: Myer Prinstein • 1904: Myer Prinstein • 1906: Peter O'Connor • 1908: Timothy Ahearne • 1912: Gustaf Lindblom • 1920: Vilho Tuulos • 1924: Nick Winter • 1928: Mikio Oda • 1932: Chuhei Nambu • 1936: Naoto Tajima • 1948: Arne Åhman • 1952: Adhemar da Silva • 1956: Adhemar da Silva • 1960: Józef Szmidt • 1964: Józef Szmidt • 1968: Viktor Saneyev • 1972: Viktor Saneyev • 1976: Viktor Saneyev • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe • 1984: Al Joyner • 1988: Hristo Markov • 1992: Mike Conley • 1996: Kenny Harrison • 2000: Jonathan Edwards • 2004: Christian Olsson
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