Walter Henderson (athlete)

Walter Henderson
Personal information
Born	21 June 1880; Leeds, England
Died	2 September 1944 (aged 64); Chelsea, London
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	high jump
Club	London Athletic Club

Walter Edward Bonhote Henderson (21 June 1880 – 2 September 1944) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Henderson born in Leeds, finished second in the high jump event at the British 1900 AAA Championships.^[2] He finished third in the high jump at the 1908 AAA Championships.^[3]^[4]

In 1908, at the Olympic Games, he finished eighth in the standing high jump competition. He also participated in the standing long jump event, in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, and in the freestyle javelin throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.

Four years later, he finished 32nd in the discus throw competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Henderson died in Chelsea, London.

^ "Walter Henderson". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Sporting Life. 9 July 1900. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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