# George Wallach

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{{short description|British athletics competitor (1883-1980)}}
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|image = George Wallach.jpg
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|birth_date= 20 March 1883 
|birth_place= [Castle Douglas](/source/Castle_Douglas), [Dumfries and Galloway](/source/Dumfries_and_Galloway), Scotland
| death_date = 2 April 1980 (aged 97)
| death_place = Manchester, England
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|sport=Athletics
|event= 5000 m, 10000 m
|club= [Edinburgh Southern Harriers](/source/Edinburgh_Southern_Harriers)
|pb= 5000 m – 15:24.0e (1912)<br>10000 m – 32:34.8 (1914)<br>10 miles – 52:48.6 (1914)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> 
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{{MedalCompetition|[International Cross Country Championships](/source/International_Cross_Country_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1911 Caerleon](/source/1911_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[1911 Caerleon](/source/1911_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Individual}}
{{MedalSilver|[1912 Edinburgh](/source/1912_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team (4 ind)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge](/source/1913_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team (8 ind)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1914 Amersham](/source/1914_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[1914 Amersham](/source/1914_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|[1922 Glasgow](/source/1922_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team (4 ind)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1924 Newcastle-on-Tyne](/source/1924_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team (24 ind)}}
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'''George Curtis Locke Wallach''' (20 March 1883 – 2 April 1980) was a Scottish long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 m at the [1912 Summer Olympics](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics) but failed to reach the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69557 |title=George Wallach |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>

Wallach was born in Scotland to Hermann Louis Waldemar Wallach, a German [tinsmith](/source/tinsmith), and Janet Wallach, a native Scot. In 1905, he moved to [Lewes](/source/Lewes) and in 1906 to [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) to work for the ''[Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News)''. While living in England, he competed at the Scotland Championships and won the 4 miles in 1911 and 1913 and the 10 miles in 1913–14, breaking the Scottish records. Wallach also won the Scottish cross-country championships in 1914 and 1922, and in 1910–1924, represented Scotland at the [International Cross Country Championships](/source/International_Cross_Country_Championships), winning two individual and six team medals.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>

==References==
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<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/george-wallach-1.html George Wallach] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801190050/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/george-wallach-1.html |date=1 August 2015 }}. Sports Reference</ref>
<ref name=r2>[http://www.anentscottishrunning.com/george-cl-wallach/ George CL Wallach]. Anent Scottish Running. 3 February 2015</ref>
<ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7038&Gender=M George Wallach]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>

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Category:1883 births
Category:1980 deaths
Category:Scottish men long-distance runners
Category:British men long-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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