Maurice Herriott

Maurice Herriott
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1939-10-08)8 October 1939
Great Wyrley, England
Died24 August 2026(2026-08-24) (aged 86)
Isle of Man
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
steeplechase
ClubSparkhill Harriers
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1964 Tokyo3000 metre steeplechase
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1962 Perth3000 metre steeplechase

Maurice Herriott (8 October 1939 – 24 August 2026) was a British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase and competed at two Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

Herriott was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire on 8 October 1939.[2]

He became the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1959 AAA Championships[3] and claimed two more AAA titles at both the 1961 AAA Championships[4] and 1962 AAA Championships.[5]

Herriott also represented England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medal in the steeplechase for England.[6][7]

He won his fourth and fifth AAA titles in 1963 and 1964,[8] before he was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, in the 3000 metre steeplechase, where he won the silver medal.[2]

Herriott represented the England team[9] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[10]

He would go on to win a remarkable eight AAA steeplechase titles with further wins in 1965, 1966 and 1967 and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain again.[2]

Nationally he ran for the Birmingham-based athletics club Sparkhill Harriers, of which he was made an honorary lifelong member.[11]

Maurice Herriott died following a short illness on the Isle of Man, on 24 August 2026, aged 86.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Maurice Herriott. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-07-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Barefooted Bruce kicks out stars". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1959. Retrieved 3 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "White City details". Daily Express. 15 July 1961. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  8. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Men's team for Empire Games". Bristol Evening Post. 11 July 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 9 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Sparkhill Harriers
  12. ↑ "Maurice Herriott, 1964 Olympic steeplechase silver medallist, dies aged 86". AW. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
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