James Soutter

{{short description|Scottish sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= James Soutter |image= |caption= |birth_date= 1 January 1885 |birth_place= Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | death_date = 8 August 1966 (aged 81) | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland |sport=Athletics |event= 400m/800m |club= Blackheath Harriers | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalBronze| 1912 Stockholm | 4x400 metre relay}} }} '''James Tindal Soutter''' (1 January 1885 – 8 August 1966, Edinburgh) was a Scottish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69496 |title=James Soutter |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

== Career == Soutter finished second behind German Hanns Braun in the 880 yards event at the 1912 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19120624/214/0014 |title=Athletic Championship |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=24 June 1912 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003329/19120624/106/0004 |title=Amateur Athletic Championship |work=Leicester Evening Mail |date=24 June 1912 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 November 2024 }}</ref>

Shortly after the AAA Championships, he competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 4 x 400 metre relay, at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal with his teammates George Nicol, Ernest Henley and Cyril Seedhouse.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/james-soutter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/james-soutter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=James Soutter Olympic Results |accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>

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