| 词条 | Nigel Barker (athlete) |
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}}Nigel Chase Barker (26 February 1883 – 31 July 1948) was an Australian athlete, who is regarded as holder of Australia's first athletics world record, in the 400 yards, and is an Intercalated Games bronze medalist.[1] Barker was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1895–1901) [2] and the University of Sydney.[3] He is described in the official Olympic history of Australia as 'an outstanding all-rounder' and he played representative rugby union for New South Wales, he was twice selected for Australia in rugby but was forced to decline on both occasions.[3] In 1904, Barker was selected for the St Louis Games, but injured an ankle playing rugby.[4] A public subscription raised the funds for Barker to compete in Athens for the 1906 Intercalated Games,[5] at the games he competed in two events, first up was the 100 metres, in the first round he finished in second place behind American Lawson Robertson,[6] in the semi-finals he finished second again, one yard behind another American William Eaton,[7] in the final, running from lane 2, he finished in third place for the bronze medal behind another two Americans, Archie Hahn and Fay Moulton.[8] On the same day as the 100 metres final, he also competed in the 400 metres, in his first round heat he won in a time of 53 seconds and qualified for the final,[9] after a couple of days rest he finished again in bronze medal position behind Paul Pilgrim and James Lightbody.[10] At the end of his athletic career Barker had won ten National Championship titles from 1903 to 1910.[11] Since 2012, University of Sydney have awarded out a Nigel C Barker Medal for Sport Achievement.[12] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/nigel.html |title=Athletics Gold |accessdate=2010-10-08 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027100140/http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/nigel.html |archivedate=27 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }} Retrieved 30 September 2007 {{Footer Australia NC 100m Men}}{{Footer Australia NC 200m Men}}{{Footer Australia NC 400m Men}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Nigel}}2. ^Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp9 3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Georgakis|first1=Geoffrey Sherington, Steve|title=Sydney University Sport 1852-2007 : more than a club|date=2008|publisher=Sydney University Press|location=Sydney|isbn=9781920898915|page=111|edition=1st}} 4. ^Australian Canoeing online Retrieved 30 September 2007 5. ^[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/geetee/history/topten_m400.html&date=2009-10-25+22:32:32 Athletics Gold] Retrieved 30 September 2007 6. ^{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-100-metres-round-one.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Semi-Finals|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-100-metres-semi-finals.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Final|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-100-metres-final.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-400-metres-round-one.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Final|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-400-metres-final.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Australian Athletics Results|url=http://athhistory.sportstg.com/athletes/athlete857.htm|website=athhistory.sportstg.com|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Graduate medals recognise outstanding alumni|url=http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=10410|website=sydney.edu.au|accessdate=7 July 2017}} 9 : 1883 births|1948 deaths|Australian male sprinters|Olympic bronze medalists for Australia|Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Olympic athletes of Australia|Australian rugby union players|People educated at Newington College|Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games |
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