British Jewish sprinter who won the Olympic 100 metres at Paris 1924 and also earned silver in the 4 × 100 m relay.
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Harold Abrahams was a British Jewish sprinter who won the men’s 100 metres at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games in 10.6 seconds. At the same Games he earned silver in the 4 × 100 m relay. A contemporary Jewish Telegraphic Agency report identified him as an Anglo-Jewish athlete, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame records his Olympic achievements. Abrahams was born in Bedford on 15 December 1899 and died in Enfield, London, on 14 January 1978.
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Gold — 7 July 1924
Harold Abrahams became the First Jewish Olympic Champion in the 100 Metres on 7 July 1924. At the Olympic Games in Paris, the British sprinter won the men’s 100 m final in 10.6 seconds. During the same Olympics he also earned silver in the 4 × 100 m relay.
