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Denis Horgan (18 May 1871 – 2 June 1922) was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put.[1]

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
1908 LondonShot put
Horgan depicted on an Ogden's cigarette card, 1902
Horgan depicted on an Ogden's cigarette card, 1902

Biography


Shortly after setting a world's record of 48 feet 2 inches with the 16 pound shot at Queenstown,[citation needed] in County Cork, Ireland in 1897, Horgan visited the U.S., and in 1900, he joined the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association, the predecessor of the Irish American Athletic Club for a brief period.[2] In 1905, he joined the rival New York Athletic Club.[citation needed]

In 1906, Horgan set the world's record for the 28 pound shot, with a distance of 35 feet, 4.5 inches at the Ancient Order of Hibernians games held at Celtic Park in Queens, New York.[3]

He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London in the shot put, where he won the silver medal.[citation needed]

Denis Horgan won a total 42 shot put titles during his athletic career, including 28 Irish championships,[citation needed] 13 English championships (all for the 16 pound shot)[citation needed] and one American championship.[citation needed] Horgan was "usually so superior to his fellow competitors that he seldom trained in any sort of systematic way, yet he showed a marked consistency of performance, in all conditions, over a period of twenty years."[4]

He emigrated to America where he worked as a police officer.[citation needed] Whilst attempting to rescue a fellow Irishman he was severely stabbed and left for dead.[citation needed] After he recovered he returned to Ireland, married, and settled in Crookstown.[5]


Notes


  1. "Denis Horgan". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. Katchen, Alan (2008). Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track & Field and the Melting Pot. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0939-1.
  3. NY Daily Tribune, Sunday 26 August 1906 [full citation needed]
  4. Dooley, William (1946). Champions of the Athletic Arena. Dublin: General Publicity Services.
  5. "A Great Irish Athlete". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 2 June 1922.



На других языках

- [en] Denis Horgan

[fr] Denis Horgan

Denis Horgan (né le 18 mai 1871 à Clonmeen et décédé le 2 juin 1922 à Crookstown) est un athlète britannique d'origine irlandaise[1] spécialiste du lancer du poids. Affilié à l'Irish-Americain Athletic Club, il mesurait 1,78 m pour 106 kg.

[it] Denis Horgan

Denis Horgan (Fermoyle, 18 maggio 1871 – Crookstown, 2 giugno 1922) è stato un pesista britannico, di nazionalità irlandese.

[ru] Хорган, Денис

Денис Хорган (англ. Denis Horgan; 18 мая 1871 (1871-05-18), Бантир — 2 июня 1922, Крукстаун) — британский легкоатлет, серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.


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