Douglas Neame

{{Short description|English hurdler (1901–1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Douglas Neame | image = Douglas Neame in 1929.jpg | caption = Neame in 1929 | nationality = English | sport = Athletics | event = hurdles | club = University of Cambridge | birth_name = Douglas Mortimer Lewes Neame | birth_date = 9 October 1901 | birth_place = Hanover Square, London, England | death_date = 13 June 1988 (aged 86) | death_place = Salisbury, England | height =183 cm | weight =73 kg | pb = | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|British Empire Games}} {{Medal|Bronze| 1930 Hamilton | 440 yards hurdles}} }}

Commodore '''Douglas Mortimer Lewes Neame''' {{postnom|country=GBR|DSO*}} (9 October 1901 – 13 June 1988) was an English track and field athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69338 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Neame was born in Hanover Square.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}

At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, he was eliminated in the first round of the 110 metre hurdles event.

Neame finished third behind Luigi Facelli in the 440 yards hurdles event at the 1929 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref>

Shortly before the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada, Neame finished third behind Lord burghley and Facelli in the 440 yards event at the 1930 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19300705/401/0015 |title=Marathon race won by Scotsman |work=Daily Herald |date=5 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19300707/257/0014 |title=Three new native records |work=Daily News (London) |date=7 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref> At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 440 yards hurdles competition.

He carried the Olympic Torch across the English Channel for the 1948 Olympic Games. He died in Salisbury.

== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/douglas-neame-1.html sports-reference.com]

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