# Alfred Healey

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{{Short description|British hurdler and sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Alfred Healey
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|birth_date= 13 July 1879
|birth_place= [Horncastle](/source/Horncastle), England
| death_date = 9 September 1960 (aged 81)
| death_place = [Trinity, Jersey](/source/Trinity%2C_Jersey), Channel Islands
|sport=Athletics
|event=hurdles
|club=[Blackheath Harriers](/source/Blackheath_Harriers)
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Intercalated Games](/source/Intercalated_Games) }}
{{MedalSilver | [1906 Athens](/source/1906_Intercalated_Games) | [110 metre hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games) }}
}}

'''Alfred Hearn Healey''' (13 July 1879 – 9 September 1960) was a British [athlete](/source/Sport_of_athletics) in the [1906 Intercalated Games](/source/1906_Intercalated_Games) and the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69126 |title=Alfred Healey |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Healey was the son of a Lincolnshire brewer and maltster and at the [1906 Intercalated Games](/source/1906_Intercalated_Games), he competed for Great Britain in [Athens](/source/Athens), Greece, in the 110 metre hurdles, where he won the silver medal. He was eliminated in the semi-finals in the [100 metre event](/source/Athletics_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games).<ref name=oly/>

Healey finished second behind [Alexander Duncan](/source/Alexander_Duncan_(athlete)) in the 120 yards hurdles event at the [1907 AAA Championships](/source/1907_AAA_Championships)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19070708/006/0006 |title=Champion athletes |work=Daily Record  |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19070708/020/0002 |title=AAA Championships  |work=Sporting Life |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> 

Healey represented [Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics) in London,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19080612/073/0003 |title=The Olympic Games, British Representatives |work=The Sportsman |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> where he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the [110 metre hurdles competition](/source/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles).<ref name=oly/>

In 1909, he became the [National 120 yards hurdles champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) after winning the [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1909 AAA Championships](/source/1909_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>

Healey became a schoolteacher in Northumbria and later served as president of Alnwick Harriers AC and vice-president of the Alnwick Swimming Association. In 1912, he emigrated to [Ceylon](/source/Ceylon) (modern day Sri Lanka) but died in [Trinity, Jersey](/source/Trinity%2C_Jersey) in the Channel Islands.<ref name=oly/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{databaseOlympics|HEALEALF01|archive=20121013042718}}
* {{SR/Olympics|he/alfred-healey-1}}
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Category:1879 births
Category:1960 deaths
Category:British men hurdlers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:People from Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Category:Sportspeople from Lincolnshire
Category:English men hurdlers
Category:English men sprinters
Category:British men sprinters

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