Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Name Edgar Mountain Event(s) 800 m | Sport Athletics Weight 60 kg (130 lb) | |
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Born 2 April 1901 Camberwell, London, Great Britain Died 30 April 1985 (aged 84)
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Alma mater University of Cambridge | ||
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Edgar Donald Mountain (2 April 1901 – 30 April 1985) was a British middle-distance runner. He competed in the 800 m event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in 1920 setting a British junior record.
After the 1924 Olympics Mountain settled in South Africa and later became a specialist in South African geological formations and professor at Rhodes University. He discovered several minerals, and one them, mountainite, bears his name.
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