(1887-05-23)23 May 1887 Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Died
31 October 1962(1962-10-31) (aged 75) Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
Sport
Sport
Long-distance running
Event
Marathon
Victor Aitken (23 May 1887 – 31 October 1962)[1] was an Australian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] He was a non-smoker and teetotaller.
Aitken's first notable achievement in athletics was when he came second in the 1905 one-mile walking championship of Victoria and he also came second in the 1907 5-mile championship of Victoria in Ballarat. He them came first in the 7-mile open handicap at Heidelberg and the 10-mile championship of Victoria breaking the record by completing it in 59 minutes and 5 seconds.
In 1908 Aitken was selected as a Marathon representative for the Olympic Games in London and he ran twenty-two and a half miles before retiring due to "sleepiness". A week after arriving home from the Olympics he came sixth in the 10-mile championship. In 1909 he achieved record times in his three and five-mile club races and he broke his own record in the 10-mile championship of Victoria by 19 seconds.[3]
^Victor Aitken at Olympedia
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Victor Aitken Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^"TEN-MILE C.C.C. OF VICTORIA-WON BY VIC. AITKEN". Table Talk. Melbourne, VIC. 23 September 1909. p. 33. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
VictorAitken (23 May 1887 – 31 October 1962) was an Australian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He...
summer, in the AV North West region track and field competition. W. "Victor" Aitken in London 1908 Robert Prentice in Helsinki 1952 Joan Morrison in Helsinki...
Presidency. Aitken, p. 529. Aitken, pp. 529–530. Aitken, p. 532. Black, p. 990. Aitken, pp. 533–534. Black, pp. 994, 999. Black, p. 998. Aitken, p. 535....
Whenever You Need Somebody as the ninth best album ever produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and underlined its worldwide success, selling 15 million copies...
2 did not advance Henry Murray 400 m hurdles 59.8 2 did not advance VictorAitken Marathon — did not finish George Blake — did not finish Joseph Lynch...
v t e 1908 Australasian Olympic team Athletics VictorAitken George Blake Ernest Hutcheon Harry Kerr† Joseph Lynch Henry Murray† Albert Rowland† Harvey...
Victor Martins (French pronunciation: [vik.tɔʁ maʁ.tɛ̃]; born 16 June 2001) is a French-Portuguese racing driver and member of the Alpine Academy, who...
the first OED Supplement (1933). Craigie was followed by Professor A. J. Aitken, who endorsed Craigie's principles, but he was nonetheless aware that the...
free dictionary. "Understanding Male Sexuality" "Blue Balls" by DiscoveryHealth.com writers "Blue Balls" by Paul Aitken at AltPenis.com on vasocongestion...
Aitken Ferguson (1891 – 1975) was a Scottish communist activist. Born in Glasgow, Ferguson was named after his father. He worked as a boilermaker, and...
Canada. December 2012. Catalogue no 11-402-XWE. Economy Easterbrook, W.T.; Aitken, Hugh G. J. (2015). Canadian Economic History. University of Toronto Press...
2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Aitken, Frédéric; Foulc, Jean-Numa (2019). "Chapter 4". From deep sea to laboratory...
Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, PC (27 January 1921 – 10 March 1984), was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of...
to as Mrs Victor Bruce, she was also known in contemporary references as Mary Petre Bruce, Mildred Bruce, Mildred Mary Bruce and Mary Victor Bruce. Mildred...
sometimes considered media companies due to their widespread influence. Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook Sally Aw Andrej Babiš Zdeněk Bakala David and Frederick...
latter completely re-recorded in London with hit British producers Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW). The track hit No. 1 on the US Dance Charts and was released...
56) Helen Ainsworth (1902–1961), actress/producer (aged 59) Spottiswoode Aitken (1868–1933), actor (aged 64) Albert Akst (1899–1958), film editor (aged...
Italo disco. Both forms were developed in the 1980s. Producer trio Stock Aitken Waterman and pop band Dead or Alive made Eurobeat music more popular in...
1, 2017. Archer (1938), pages 187–188 The Continuous Wave by Hugh G. J. Aitken, 1985, pages 445–447, 454–469, 477–481. "Rescuing the Project" section of...
Global Information