Bevil Rudd
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 5 October 1894 Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Died | 2 February 1948 (aged 53) South Africa |
| Updated on 3 February 2016 | |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  South Africa
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1920 Antwerp | 400 metres |
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1920 Antwerp | 4x400 m relay |
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1920 Antwerp | 800 metres |
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.[1]
Biography
[edit]Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal grandson of Charles Rudd, who co-founded the De Beers diamond mining company, and Frances Chiappini and maternal grandson of Captain Matthew Smith Blyth CMG, chief magistrate of the Transkei, and Elizabeth Cornelia Philpott.[citation needed]
During his schooling at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown (Upper House)[2] he excelled both as a student and as an athlete, and he was granted a scholarship for the University of Oxford. Rudd served in the First World War, and was awarded a Military Cross for bravery.[3]
Ruud won two British AAA Championships titles in the 440 yards and 880 yards events at the 1920 AAA Championships.[4][5][6] The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, Rudd won his gold medal.
Rudd finished runner-up in both the 440 and 880 yards at the 1921 AAA Championships[7][8] before completing his studies in England, and returning to South Africa, working as a sports journalist.[citation needed]
He married Ursula Mary Knight, daughter of Clifford Hume Knight the Italian Consul to Cape Town, in 1926; they had at least two sons: Bevil John Blyth Rudd and Clifford Robin David Rudd, the South African Cricketer.[citation needed]
In 1930, he became an editor for The Daily Telegraph, a position he held until after the Second World War. Shortly after his return to South Africa, he died there at age 53.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bevil Rudd". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.
- ^ "No. 30801". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 July 1918. p. 8471.
- ^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd". sprintic.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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- 1894 births
- 1948 deaths
- Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- British military personnel of World War I
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- South African male middle-distance runners
- South African male sprinters
- South African people of English descent
- South African sports journalists
- Sportspeople from Kimberley, Northern Cape