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]
 Horgan depicted on an Ogden's cigarette card, 1902 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 May 1871 Banteer, County Cork | |||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 1922 (aged 51) Crookstown, Cork | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editShortly after setting a world 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 he London in the shot put, where he won the silver medal.[1]
Horgan won 13 British AAA Championships titles from 1893 to 1912.[4] The win at the 1893 AAA Championships was the first of seven consecutive shot put titles.[5][6][7]
Horgan won a total 42 shot put titles during his athletic career, including 28 Irish championships,[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."[8]
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.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Denis Horgan". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ NY Daily Tribune, Sunday 26 August 1906 [full citation needed]
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Athletics". Morning Post. 3 July 1893. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Amateur Athletic Association". Sporting Life. 3 July 1893. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Dooley, William (1946). Champions of the Athletic Arena. Dublin: General Publicity Services.
- ^ "A Great Irish Athlete". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 2 June 1922.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis Horgan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- Denis Horgan at databaseOlympics.com
- Winged Fist Organization
- Denis Horgan at Olympics.com
- Denis Horgan at Olympedia
