Cyril Holmes

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Cyril Holmes
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  England
British Empire Games
Gold 1938 Sydney 100 yd
Gold 1938 Sydney 220 yd
Silver 1938 Sydney 4×110 yd

Cyril Butler Holmes (11 January 1915 21 June 1996) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also capped three times for the England national rugby union team

He was born and died in Bolton.

In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 100 metres event.

At the 1938 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the 100 yards contest and in the 220 yards event. He was also a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 4×110 yards competition.

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