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British sprinter (1924–1986)
Leslie Charles "Les" Lewis (26 December 1924 – 7 April 1986) was a British
track and field athlete who competed in the
1948 Summer Olympics and in the
1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Chertsey, Surrey.
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Lewis was part of the winning British
4×400 metres relay team at the
1950 European Athletics Championships. In the
1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand he won two silver medals in relays and an individual silver medal in the 440yards.
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He later migrated over from England to New Zealand and became a geography and PE teacher.
Competition record
References
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1934:
Germany (
Hamann,
Scheele,
Voigt,
Metzner)
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1938:
Germany (
Blazejezak,
Bues,
Linnhoff,
Harbig)
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1946:
France (
Santona,
Cros,
Chef d'Hôtel,
Lunis)
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1950:
Great Britain (
Pike,
Lewis,
Scott,
Pugh)
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1954:
France (
Haarhoff,
Degats,
Martin-du-Gard,
Goudeau)
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1958:
Great Britain (
Sampson,
MacIsaac,
Wrighton,
Salisbury)
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1962:
West Germany (
Kindermann,
Schmitt,
Reske,
Kinder)
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1966:
Poland (
Werner,
Borowski,
Grędziński,
Badeński)
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1969:
France (
Bertould,
Nicolau,
Carette,
Nallet)
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1971:
West Germany (
Schlöske,
Jordan,
Jellinghaus,
Köhler)
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1974:
Great Britain (
Cohen,
Hartley,
Pascoe,
Jenkins)
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1978:
West Germany (
Weppler,
Hofmeister,
Herrmann,
Schmid)
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1982:
West Germany (
Skamrahl,
Schmid,
Giessing,
Weber)
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1986:
Great Britain (
Redmond,
Akabusi,
Whittle,
Black)
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1990:
Great Britain (
Sanders,
Akabusi,
Regis,
Black)
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1994:
Great Britain (
McKenzie,
Black,
Whittle,
Ladejo)
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1998:
Great Britain (
Hylton,
Baulch,
Thomas,
Richardson)
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2002:
Great Britain (
Deacon,
Elias,
Baulch,
Caines)
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2006:
France (
Djhone,
M'Barke,
Keïta,
Raquil)
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2010:
Russia (
Dyldin,
Aksyonov,
Krasnov,
Trenikhin)
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2012:
Belgium (
Gillet,
J. Borlée,
Bouckaert,
K. Borlée)
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2014:
Great Britain (
Rooney,
Bingham,
Williams,
Hudson-Smith)
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2016:
Belgium (
Watrin,
J. Borlée,
D. Borlée,
K. Borlée)
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2018:
Belgium (
D. Borlée,
J. Borlée,
J. Sacoor,
K. Borlée)
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2022:
Great Britain (
Hudson-Smith,
Dobson,
Davey,
Haydock-Wilson)
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