{{Short description|British hurdler}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Edward Wheller | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Track and field | event = 400 metres hurdles | club = Surrey AC | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|5|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paddington, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|12|14|1896|5|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Westminster, London, England }}
'''Edward William Wheller''' (23 May 1896 – 14 December 1968) was a British hurdler, who competed at the Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69584 |title=Edward Wheller |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
== Career == Wheller became the National 440 yard hurdles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 November 2024 }}</ref><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=23 November 2024 }}</ref>
One month later, he competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/edward-wheller-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040033/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/edward-wheller-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Edward Wheller Olympic Results |accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{olympics.com|edward-wheller}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{EAA|14989548}} *{{Team GB}} {{authority control}}
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