Wyndham Halswelle
Wyndham Halswelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Halswelle in 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1882 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 March 1915 (aged 32) Artois, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial place | Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Charterhouse School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Athlete | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Keeley Halswelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Edinburgh Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wyndham Halswelle (30 May 1882 – 31 March 1915) was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover.
Halswelle was also an infantry officer who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. He was killed by a sniper at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915.