Achilles Club

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox". The Achilles Club is a track and field by and for the past and present representatives of the Oxford[1] and Cambridge Universities. As of 2025, members have won 19 Olympic gold medals and held 38 World Records.[2]

Membership

Athletes that have competed in the annual varsity match are invited to join the club, in addition to Blues, Half Blues, Cross Country, Marathon, Relay and Field Event Colours, members from Alverstone, Centipedes, Alligators and Millipedes representatives (the varsity second teams), and recommendations by the University Presidents.[2]

History

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Oxford's Iffley Road track
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The Cambridge athletics track

The club was formed in 1920.[3] One of its founding members was Evelyn Montague, who, along with Harold Abrahams, is portrayed in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.[4]

Olympians

  • Athletics Olympians only and English unless stated
Athlete Events Games Medals/Ref
Charles Gmelin (O) 400 1896
George Robertson (O) discus throw, shot put 1896
Template:Flagicon Wesley Coe (O) shot put 1904, 1908 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Eric Hussey (O) 110h 1908
Edward Leader (C) 110h, high jump 1908
Norman Hallows (O) 1500, 3 mile team 1908 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Christopher Chavasse (O) 400 1908
Edward Ryle (C) 400 1908
Theodore Just (C) 800, medley relay 1908
Harold Holding (O) 800 1908
Walter Henderson (O) discus, Greek, javelin, slj, shj 1908, 1912
Ernest May (O) discus, Greek, javelin 1908
Alfred Bellerby (C) high jump, long jump 1908
Alan Fyffe (O) hammer 1908
Template:Flagicon Robert Lindsay-Watson (C) hammer 1908
Charles Williams (C) long jump 1908
Wilfred Bleaden (O) long jump, slj 1908
Lionel Cornish (O) long jump, slj 1908
Arthur Anderson (C) 100, 200 1912
Arnold Jackson (O) 1500 1912 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Philip Noel-Baker (C) 800, 1500 1912 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Norman Taber (O) 1500, 3000 team 1912 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
William Moore (O) 1500, 3000 team 1912
Duncan Macmillan (C) 200 1912
Cyril Porter (O) 3000 team, 5000 1912
Sidney Abrahams (C) long jump 1912
Template:Flagicon Bevil Rudd (O) 400, 4x400, 800 1920 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svgFile:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Harold Abrahams (C) 100, 200, 4x100, long jump 1920, 1924 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
William Seagrove (C) 3000 team, 5000 1920, 1924 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
John Ainsworth-Davis (C) 400, 4x400 1920 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Guy Butler (C) 4x400, 400 1920, 1924, 1928 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svgFile:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Wilfrid Kent Hughes (O) 400h 1920 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Edgar Mountain (C) 800 1920, 1924
Template:Flagicon Arthur Porritt (O) 100, 200 1924 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Lord Burghley (C) 110h, 400h, 4x400 1924, 1928, 1932 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Leopold Partridge (C) 110h 1924
Hyla Stallard (C) 800, 1500 1924 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Douglas Lowe (C) 4x400, 800, 1500 1924, 1928 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Bayes Norton (O) 200 1924
Template:Flagicon William Stevenson (O) 4x400 1924 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
George Renwick (O) 4x400 1924 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Template:Flagicon David Johnson (O) 400, 4x400 1924
Wilfrid Tatham (C) 400h, 800 1924, 1928
Ralph Starr (C) 800, 5000 1924, 1928
Template:Flagicon Clifford Davis (C) 800 1924
Template:Flagicon Lawrence Roberts (C) high jump 1924
Robert Dickinson (O) high jump 1924
Arthur Willis (C) high jump 1924
Malcolm Nokes (O) hammer 1924, 1928 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Chris Mackintosh (O) long jump 1924
James Campbell (C) pole vault 1924
Rex Woods (C) shot put 1924, 1928
Template:Flagicon George Weightman-Smith (C) 110h 1928
Template:Flagicon Wilfrid Kalaugher (O) 110h, triple jump 1928
Vernon Morgan (O) 3000 steeplechase 1928
Edward Smouha (C) 4x100 1928 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
John Rinkel (C) 400m, 4x400 1928
Roger Leigh-Wood (O) 400m, 4x400 1928
Tom Livingstone-Learmonth (C) 400h 1928
Lance Percival (O) 400h 1928
Colin Gordon (O) high jump 1928
Howard Ford (C) Decathlon 1928
Carl van Geyzel (C) high jump 1928
James Cohen (C) long jump 1928
Reg Revans (C) long jump 1928
Laurence Bond (C) pole vault 1928
Robert Howland (C) shot put 1928
Roland Harper (O) 110h 1932
Jerry Cornes (O) 1500 1932, 1936 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Norwood Hallowell (O) 1500 1932
Template:Flagicon Jack Lovelock (O) 1500 1932, 1936 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Tommy Hampson (C) 800, 4x400 1932 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Bob Tisdall (C) 400h, decathlon 1932 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Alan Pennington (O) 100, 200, 4x100 1936
John Thornton (C) 110h 1936
Ashleigh Pilbrow (O) 110h 1936
Template:Flagicon Vane Ivanović (C) 110h 1936
Gordon Brown (C) 400m, 4x400 1936 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Peter Ward (C) 5000 1936, 1948
Template:Flagicon Josef Klein (C) Decathlon 1936
Template:Flagicon Helge Sivertsen (O) discus 1936
Robert Kennedy (C) high jump 1936
Richard Webster (C) pole vault 1936, 1948
Template:Flagicon Eric Prabhakar (O) 100, 200 1948
Raymond Barkway (O) 110h 1948
John Fairgrieve (C) 200 1948
Geoffrey Tudor (O) 3000 steeplechase 1948
Peter Curry (O) 3000 steeplechase 1948
Morville Chote (C) javelin 1948
Harry Askew (C) long jump 1948
Peter Hildreth (C) 110h 1952, 1956, 1960
Roger Bannister (O) 1500 1952
Nicolas Stacey (O) 200, 4x400 1952
Chris Brasher (C) 3000 steeplechase 1952, 1956 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Alan Dick (O) 4x400 1952
Angus Scott (C) 400h 1952
Christopher Chataway (O) 5000 1952, 1956
Tim Anderson (C) pole vault 1952
Ian Boyd (O) 1500 1956
Derek Johnson (O) 4x400, 800 1956 File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Bob Shaw (O) 400h 1956
Tom Farrell (C) 400h, 800 1956, 1960
Barclay Palmer (O) shot put 1956
Template:Flagicon Herb Elliott (C) 1500 1960 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Michael Palmer (C) 3000 steeplechase 1960
John Metcalf (O) 400h 1960
Bruce Tulloh (C) 5000 1960
Template:Flagicon Ranjit Bhatia (O) 5000 1960
Template:Flagicon Donal Smith (O) 800 1960
Mike Parker (C) 110h 1964, 1968
Adrian Metcalfe (O) 400, 4x400 1964 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Template:Flagicon Wendell Mottley (C) 400, 4x400 1964 File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svgFile:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Mike Hogan (O) 400h 1964
John Boulter (O) 800, 1500 1964, 1968
Michael Ralph (O) triple jump 1964
Template:Flagicon Euric Bobb (C) 4x400 1968
Martin Winbolt-Lewis (C) 400, 4x400 1968
David Hemery (O) 400h, 4x400 1968, 1972 File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svgFile:Silver medal icon (S initial).svgFile:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Tim Johnston (C) Marathon 1968
Jon Ridgeon (C) 110h, 400h 1988, 1996
Richard Nerurkar (O) 10000, marathon 1992, 1996
Template:Flagicon Tim Berrett (O) 20k walk, 50k walk 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Andy Baddeley (C) 1500 2008, 2012
Mara Yamauchi (O) marathon 2008, 2012
Hatti Dean (O) 3000M steeplechase injured 2008
Julia Bleasdale (C) 5000m, 10,000m 2012
Claire Hallissey (C) marathon 2012
Louise Shanahan (C) 800m 2020

(key: O=Oxford C=Cambridge slj=standing long jump, shj=standing high jump)

References

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