 Edgar Mountain in 1921 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 April 1901 Camberwell, London, Great Britain |
| Died | 30 April 1985 (aged 84) Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800 m |
| Club | Surrey AC University of Cambridge AC Achilles Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest | 800 m – 1:53.8e (1920)[1][2] |
Edgar Donald Mountain (2 April 1901 – 30 April 1985) was a British middle-distance runner, who competed at two Olympic Games.[3]
Mountain, bornCamberwell, London was educated atSutton Valence School.[4]
Mountain finished third behindBevil Rudd in the 880 yards event at the1920 AAA Championships.[5][6] The following month at the1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium, he represented Great Britain in the 800 metres event and finished fourth, setting a British junior record.[1]
Mountain became theNational 880 yards champion after winning theAAA Championships title at the1921 AAA Championships[7][8] and successfully defended his title the following year at the1922 AAA Championships.[9] He finished runner-up toCecil Griffiths in the 880 yards in 1923.[10]
He represented Great Britain for a second time at the1924 Summer Olympics. After the 1924 Olympics, Mountain settled in South Africa and later became a specialist in South African geological formations and professor atRhodes University. He discovered several minerals, and one them,mountainite, bears his name.[1]
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