Roy Cruttenden

Roy Cruttenden
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1925-02-18)18 February 1925
Brighton, England
Died3 June 2019(2019-06-03) (aged 94)
Brighton, England
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
long jump
ClubBrighton AC

Arthur Roy Cruttenden (18 February 1925 – 3 June 2019)[1] was a British long jumper who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

Born in Brighton, Cruttenden became an accomplished sprinter and quarter-miler before taking up long jump. His sport was interrupted by World War II during which he served in the Royal Engineers for 1944-1945.[3]

Cruttenden finished second behind Harry Askew in the long jump event at the 1950 AAA Championships[4][5] and then finished second again behind Sylvanus Williams at both the 1951 AAA Championships and 1952 AAA Championships.[6] However, because he was the best placed British athlete he was considered the British long jump champion.[7]

Cruttenden finally won an AAA title outright in 1956 and later that year represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.[3] Cruttenden retained his title at the 1957 AAA Championships.[7]

He was selected for the England athletics team[8] in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he finished in fifth place overall.[9][10]

Later he moved to Gibraltar serving with the Royal Navy.[3]

References

  1. ↑ CRUTTENDEN - ARTHUR ROY
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roy Cruttenden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bailey's furlong record confirmed". Daily Herald. 15 July 1950. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record". Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1950. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "England's Team". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 June 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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