{{Short description|British long jumper (1917–1986)}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Harry Askew | full_name = Henry Edward Askew | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Long jump | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|12|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Barrow in Furness, Cumbria<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007''</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|10|31|1917|12|31|df=yes}} | death_place = Chichester, West Sussex, England | height = | weight = | club = University of Cambridge AC<br>Jersey AC<br>Achilles Club }}
'''Henry Edward Askew''' (31 December 1917 – 31 October 1986) was a British athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/harry-askew-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/harry-askew-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Harry Askew Olympic Results |accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Askew started long jumping at Barrow Grammar School before going to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he won the 1937 Oxbridge Sports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19370218/521/0019 |title=Freshmen Impress at Cambridge |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=18 February 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> He would become a member of the Achilles Club.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68851 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref>
Askew finished second behind William Breach in the long jump event at the 1939 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19390708/443/0016 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=8 July 1939 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19390710/316/0011 |title=British Athletic Prestige enhanced in AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=10 July 1939 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}</ref> before his career was interrupted by World War II.
After the war Askew finished third behind Denis Watts in the long jump event at the 1946 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19460720/064/0004 |title=Swede first to win AAA title |work=Daily Herald |date=20 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 |title=AAA results |work=Daily News (London) |date=22 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref>
At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, he represented the Great Britain team and competed in the men's long jump competition.<ref name=oly/>
In 1950, Askew finally became the national long jump champion after winning the British AAA title at the 1950 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAALJ.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Askew, Harry}} Category:1917 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:English men long jumpers Category:British men long jumpers Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness Category:20th-century English sportsmen Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge