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Henry Alan Leeke (15 November 1879 – 29 May 1915) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. ==Biography== Leeke was the only son of Henry Leeke, also an athlete, and grandson of William Leeke, a Waterloo veteran.〔"A Notable Athlete", ''The Times'' Thursday, 23 February 1922, p. 15, col. 4〕 He was born in Weston Hall, Stafford. As his father did before him, Leeke represented Cambridge University in the hammer and shot put, and was English Amateur Champion for both events.〔"Biographies and Services", ''The Times'', Wednesday 2 June 1915, p. 8 col. 4〕 He was associated with the London Athletic Club.〔 One of the first British athletes to throw the discus, he set a British record in 1908.〔 During the 1908 Olympic Trials, Leeke threw the javelin 135-8½ (41.37m) in the freestyle event.〔 In 1898 he married Catherine Herbert, younger daughter of Charles G. Fullerton. They had one son and one daughter, and resided in Hill, Warwickshire.〔 Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Leeke joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he was granted a commission as a temporary lieutenant on 22 September 1914, and placed in charge of machine guns for D Company, 9th Battalion. He died of fever at the Thornhill Isolation Hospital, Aldershot on 29 May 1915.〔 He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Casualty Details—Leeke, Henry Alan )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Alan Leeke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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