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Harold Maurice Abrahams CBE (* 15. Dezember 1899 in Bedford; † 14. Januar 1978 in Enfield) war ein britischer Leichtathlet. Biografie. Abrahams begann schon früh mit Leichtathletik und zeigte bald sein Talent als Sprinter und Weitspringer.
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Harold Maurice Abrahams CBE (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint , a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire .
12. Juli 2012 · Harold Abrahams leans into Olympic gold - Men's 100m - Athletics - Paris 1924 Olympic Games. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe British athlete Harold Abrahams was a...
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Learn about the rivalry and achievements of Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, the British sprinters who won gold and silver in the 100m and 400m at the 1924 Games. Discover how they overcame challenges, set records and inspired a film and a comedy character.
Harold Abrahams (born Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England—died Jan. 14, 1978, London) was a British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Abrahams was born into an athletic family; his older brother Sidney represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 1912.
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It's a story of two British runners competing in the 1924 Olympics: a gentile, Eric Lidell, and a Jew, Harold Abrahams. The two form a friendship, Abrahams overcomes antisemitism to win the gold medal, there's inspirational music. The Academy loved it.
After an interval of two weeks, he won the 100 yards and long jump at the AAA Championships and then went to Paris for the Olympic Games. Following a near-disaster at the start of the semi-finals for the 100 metres, he ran magnificently in the final to beat the American Jackson Scholz by two feet.
