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Derek Ibbotson, the Glossary

George Derek Ibbotson (17 June 1932 – 23 February 2017) was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s.^[1]

24 relations: Almondbury, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Cardiff, Chris Brasher, Christopher Chataway, Commonwealth Games, England, England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, England Athletics Hall of Fame, Gordon Pirie, Herb Elliott, Huddersfield, John Landy, King James's School, Almondbury, Mile run world record progression, Order of the British Empire, Roger Bannister, Sport of athletics, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, World record, 1956 Summer Olympics, 2008 New Year Honours.
People associated with the University of Huddersfield
Sportspeople from Huddersfield

Almondbury

Almondbury is a village south-east of Huddersfield town centre in West Yorkshire, England.

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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Christopher William Brasher CBE (21 August 1928 – 28 February 2003) was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon. Derek Ibbotson and Chris Brasher are athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics, British male middle-distance runners, Commonwealth Games competitors for England, English male middle-distance runners and Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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Christopher Chataway

Sir Christopher John Chataway (31 January 1931 – 19 January 2014) was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster and Conservative politician. Derek Ibbotson and Christopher Chataway are athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics, British male long-distance runners, British male middle-distance runners, English male long-distance runners, English male middle-distance runners and world record setters in athletics (track and field).

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.

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England Athletics Hall of Fame

The England Athletics Hall of Fame was launched in 2008 with a panel of experts selecting a list of potential inductees for athletics fans and members of the public to vote on.

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Gordon Pirie

Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (10 February 1931 – 7 December 1991) was an English long-distance runner. Derek Ibbotson and Gordon Pirie are athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics, athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, British male long-distance runners, Commonwealth Games competitors for England, English male long-distance runners, Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics and world record setters in athletics (track and field).

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Herb Elliott

Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. Derek Ibbotson and Herb Elliott are athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

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Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.

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John Landy

John Michael Landy (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. Derek Ibbotson and John Landy are athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics and Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field).

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King James's School, Almondbury

King James's School is a coeducational secondary school located in Almondbury in the English county of West Yorkshire.

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Mile run world record progression

The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. Derek Ibbotson and Roger Bannister are British male middle-distance runners and English male middle-distance runners.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Wakefield

Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder.

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West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956.

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2008 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 29 December 2007, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ibbotson

Also known as George Ibbotson.