# James Cohen

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{{Short description|British athlete (1906–1958)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = James Cohen
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event       = long jump
| club        = University of Cambridge AC<br>[Achilles Club](/source/Achilles_Club)
| birth_date  = 6 May 1906
| birth_place = Southwark, England
| death_date  = 14 March 1958 (aged 51)
| death_place =[Westminster](/source/Westminster), London England
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| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[British Empire Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1930 Hamilton](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games) | 4×110 yards}}
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'''Horace James Cohen''' (6 May 1906 – 14 March 1958) was an English [athlete](/source/Athletics_(sport)) who competed at the [1928 Summer Olympics](/source/1928_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/james-cohen-1.html |title=Profile |website=sports-reference.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103230015/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/james-cohen-1.html |archive-date=3 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64826 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Cohen was educated at [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall%2C_Cambridge).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000989/19261203/199/0010 |title=Oxford and Cambridge relay races |work=Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette |date=3 December 1926 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>

At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. he finished 39th in the [Olympic long jump event](/source/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_long_jump).

Cohen became the [national long jump champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1929 AAA Championships](/source/1929_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London)  |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 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=5 January 2025 }}</ref>

At the [1930 British Empire Games](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games) he won the silver medal with the English relay team in the 4×110 yards competition. In the long jump contest he finished sixth.

He died in [Westminster](/source/Westminster).

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Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics

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