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{{short description|English sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Walter Rangeley
| full_name  = 
| image       = [[File:Walter Rangeley.jpg|200px]]
| caption     =
| nationality = British
| sport       = [[Sport of Athletics|Athletics]]
| event       = Sprints
| club        = [[Salford Harriers]]
| birth_date  = 14 December 1903
| birth_place =  Salford, England
| death_date  = 16 March 1982 (aged 78)
| death_place = Mold, Wales
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport| Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]]| [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]| [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games|British Empire Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 4×110 yd relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 220 yd}}
}}

'''Walter Rangeley''' (14 December 1903 &ndash; 16 March 1982) was an English [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] who competed mainly in the sprints.

== Career ==
Rangeley was born in [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]]. He competed for [[Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Paris]], France, in the 4×100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates [[Harold Abrahams]], [[Wilfred Nichol]] and [[Lancelot Royle]]. In the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres event]] he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69413 |title=Walter Rangeley |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>

Rangeley finished third behind [[Loren Murchison]] in the 100 yards event at the [[1925 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19250718/019/0007 |title=AAA Championships |work=Gloucester Citizen |date=18 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003212/19250720/219/0010 |title=New Holders |work=Daily News (London) |date=20 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm  |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref>

At the Olympic Games in [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]] held in [[Amsterdam]] Rangeley won a silver medal in the 200 metres.  He also joined with a new relay team consisting of teammates [[Cyril Gill]], [[Edward Smouha]] and [[Jack London (athlete)|Jack London]] which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres competition. In the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 metres event]] he was eliminated in the quarter-finals again.

After not participating in the 1932 Games his final Olympic appearance was in 1936 when he was a member of the British relay team which was eliminated in the first round of the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 metre relay contest]].

At the [[1934 British Empire Games]] he won the bronze medal in the 220 yards event. He also won the gold medal with the English relay team in the 4×110 yards competition.

He died in [[Glyndŵr (district)|Glyndŵr]], Wales.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{SR/Olympics profile|ra/walter-rangeley-1}}
*[http://www.rangeleyfamilytree.co.uk/?page=individual&id=508 www.rangeleyfamilytree.co.uk]

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