Jack Archer (sprinter)

Jack Archer
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics Championships
1946 Oslo100 m
Olympic Games
1948 London4×100 m relay
British Empire Games
1950 Auckland4×110 yd relay

John "Jack" Archer (10 August 1921 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England – 29 July 1997 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) was an English athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 × 100 metres relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates John Gregory, Alastair McCorquodale and Kenneth Jones representing Great Britain.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jack Archer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.



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