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George Larner
George Edward Larner (7 February 1875 – 4 March 1949) was an English athlete who competed mainly in the 10-mile walk. He was a multi-time Amateur Athletic Association of England champion, and won two gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
==Career==
Larner was a Brighton policeman,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/george-larner-1.html )〕 and took up athletics at the age of 28 in 1903.〔 In 1904 he won the Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA) titles for the two and seven-mile track walk. He went on to retain these titles in the following year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/bc1.htm )〕 He wanted to retire as he found training conflicted with his job, but was instead granted an extended leave period by the Police Force. In 1906, he took a two-year break from athletics to train for the upcoming 1908 Summer Olympics held in London. After returning, he was disqualified in his first race in April 1908, at the AAA event in walking over seven miles, but the following July he won the two-mile title.〔〔
He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Games in the 3500 metre walk on 14 July 1908, winning the race ahead of fellow Briton Ernest Webb, who took silver, and New Zealander Harry Kerr. Webb had initially taken the lead, but Larner caught up during the second lap and went on to win the race by over twelve seconds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Sports-Reference.com )〕 Afterwards he matched this with another gold medal in the 10-mile walk, this time in a British clean sweep, with Webb again winning silver and Edward Spencer winning bronze. Both he and Webb were inside the world record time, with Larner setting world records for both the 9-mile and the 10-mile distances. His final time was 1 hour, 15 minutes and 57.4 seconds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-10-mile-walk.html )〕 He was one of ten competitors to win more than a single gold medal at the 1908 Games.
In 1909 he wrote a book on walking entitled ''Larner's Text Book on Walking: Exercise, Pleasure, Sport''.〔 His final AAA success came in 1911, when he won the 7 mile race once more.〔
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