Henry Harmer

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{for|the British auctioneer and philatelist|Henry R. Harmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Henry Harmer | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = Southend Harriers | birth_date = 8 July 1883 | birth_place = in West Ham, London, England | death_date = 9 January 1958 (aged 74) | death_place = Sidmouth, England | height = | weight = }}

'''Henry Sutton Harmer''' (8 July 1883 – 9 January 1958) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000648/19080612/187/0008 |title=Olympic Games, Britain's team of athletes |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/henry-harmer-1.html |website=Sports Reference |title=Henry Harmer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519115800/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/henry-harmer-1.html |archive-date=2011-05-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography == Harmer was born in West Ham and he and his younger brother Frederick Harmer both joined the newly formed Southend Harriers in 1906.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19060528/103/0006 |title=Smart sprinting at Southend |work=Athletic News |date=28 May 1906 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref> Henry had significant success at the Essex County Championships, winning the 100 yards in 1906 and 1907 and the 440 yards titles in 1906, 1907 and 1908.<ref name=oly/>

Harmer represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event, Harmer did not finish in his first round heat and was eliminated from competition.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69115 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref> His younger brother Frederick was also selected for the games to compete in the 400 metres hurdles.<ref name=oly/>

Harmer had a 40-year career in shipping, which included time in Canada and served during World War II with the Canadian Red Cross. After returning to England in 1947, he lived in Devon and died in Sidmouth on 9 January 1958.<ref name=oly/>

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==Sources== * {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}} * {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 15 July 2006 | archive-date = 27 September 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | url-status = dead }} * {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 15 July 2006 | language = pl | archive-date = 16 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | url-status = dead }}

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