THOMAS GREEN
WR-NW, 12-2022
Thomas William Green (1894-1975) was a British race walker who won a gold medal in the 50 km Race Walking at the 1932 Olympic Games.
The younger Green was afflicted with rickets as a child and thus unable to walk until he was five years old.
He entered -and won- his first race at the age of 32 in 1926 and soon thereafter joined the Belgrave Harriers. His breakthrough year was 1929, winning several national competitions and coming in second at an international 100 km event in Milan.
In 1930, he captured his first international title at the international 100 km event in Milan.
In 1932, he won a gold medal in the 50 km Race Walking of the Olympic Games.
Thomas William Green (1894-1975) was a British race walker who won a gold medal in the 50 km Race Walking at the 1932 Olympic Games.
The younger Green was afflicted with rickets as a child and thus unable to walk until he was five years old.
He entered -and won- his first race at the age of 32 in 1926 and soon thereafter joined the Belgrave Harriers. His breakthrough year was 1929, winning several national competitions and coming in second at an international 100 km event in Milan.
In 1930, he captured his first international title at the international 100 km event in Milan.
In 1932, he won a gold medal in the 50 km Race Walking of the Olympic Games.
