Jimmy Tremeer

{{Short description|British hurdler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= Jimmy Tremeer |image= |caption= |birth_date= 1 August 1874 |birth_place= Barnstaple, England | death_date = 21 October 1951 (aged 77) | death_place = Guildford, England |sport=Athletics |event= sprints / hurdles |club= Polytechnic Harriers | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalBronze | 1908 London | 400 m hurdles}} }}

'''Leonard Francis Tremeer''' (1 August 1874 – 21 October 1951), known as '''Jimmy Tremeer''', was an Olympic bronze medallist in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He competed on the Great Britain and Ireland team.<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>

== Biography == Treemer finished third in the 100 yards event became the at the 1897 AAA Championships.<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=30 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001781/18970705/008/0008 |title=Amateur Athletic Championships |work=Nottingham Guardian |date=5 July 1897 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> Five years later in 1902, Treemer took second place in the 220 yards event at the 1902 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19020707/034/0001 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=7 July 1902 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> and placed third and second respectively in the 100 yards and 220 yards at the 1903 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000747/19030706/137/0006 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Leeds Mercury |date=6 July 1903 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> Another second place finish in the 220 yards event behind Claude Jupp at the 1904 AAA Championships denied him his first AAA title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/19040704/260/0011 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref>

Treemer represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19080612/073/0003 |title=The Olympic Games, British Representatives |work=The Sportsman |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> Treemer had no competition in the first round of the 400 metres hurdles, winning in a walkover. For the second round, he faced teammate G. Burton, who did not finish the race. In the final, Tremeer had to contend against two Americans who had taken turns setting new Olympic records in the first two rounds of the event. Halfway through the race, it became evident that Tremeer had no chance. He finished third in 57.0 seconds, a time that was still faster than anyone had run the race before the London Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69541 |title=Jimmy Tremeer |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130202203138/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/leonard-tremeer-1.html Sports Reference] *{{sports links}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tremeer, Jimmy}} Category:1874 births Category:1951 deaths Category:British men hurdlers Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics Category:Sportspeople from Barnstaple Category:English men hurdlers