Howard Kinsman

{{Short description|South African sprinter (1900–1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Howard Kinsman | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = South African | sport = Sprinting | event = 200 metres | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|10|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]], [[Colony of Natal]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|1|10|1900|10|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Cape Town, Western Cape | height = | weight = }}

'''Howard Philip Kinsman''' (9 October 1900 – 10 January 1960) was a South African [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] who competed at two Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75286 |title=Howard Kinsman |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

== Career == Kinsman competed in the [[200 metres]] at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/howard-kinsman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121839/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/howard-kinsman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Howard Kinsman Olympic Results |accessdate=8 July 2017}}</ref>

Kinsman won the British [[AAA Championships]] title in the 220 yards event at the [[1924 AAA Championships]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19240621/189/0006 |title=To-day's Athletics|work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=21 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19240623/112/0004 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=23 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> where he defeated [[Eric Liddell]] into second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAA400H.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref>

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