George Traynor

{{Short description|British long jumper}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = George Traynor | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Long jump | club = Thames Valley Harriers | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|11|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lambeth, London, England | death_date = Q1.1980 (aged 74) | death_place = Ealing, London, England | height = | weight = }}

'''George Terence Traynor''' (7 November 1905 – Q1.1980) was a British athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/george-traynor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003421/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/george-traynor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=George Traynor Olympic Results |access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Traynor became the national long jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1936 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 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=18 January 2025 }}</ref>

One month later he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, where he competed in the men's long jump competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69539 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref>

He was the long jump Middlesex Champion in 1936 and 1937.

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