{{Short description|British long-distance runner (1895–1954)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image=Joe Blewitt 1921.jpg | image_size =240px |caption=Joe Blewitt in 1921 |birth_date= 1 November 1895 |birth_place= Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England | death_date = 30 May 1954 (aged 58) | death_place = Birmingham, England | height = | weight = |sport=Athletics |event=800–10,000 m |club= Birchfield Harriers |pb=880 yd – 2:02.6 (1920)<br>Mile – 4:21.6 (1923)<br>3000 m – 8:49.3e (1920)<br>5000 m – 15:15.2 (1922)<br>10,000 m – 32:44.4 (1921)<br>10 miles – 53:45.6 (1919)<br>3000 mS – 10:17.0 (1924)<ref name=r1/><ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=612&Gender=M Charles Blewitt]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Olympics}} {{Medal|Silver| 1920 Antwerp| 3000 m team}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|International Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|1921 Caerleon|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|1923 Maisons-Laffitte|Individual}} {{Medal|Gold|1924 Newcastle-on-Tyne|Team}} {{Medal|Silver|1922 Glasgow|Team}} {{Medal|Silver|1923 Maisons-Laffitte|Team}} }}
'''Charles Edward Blewitt''' (1 November 1895 – 30 May 1954), also known as '''Joe Blewitt''', was a British runner who competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.
== Career == Blewitt won Midland Championships over distances ranging from 880 yd to 10 miles. He was English national and international champion in cross-country running.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68897 |title=Joe Blewitt |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
Blewitt became the National 10 miles champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19190707/133/0007 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily Herald |date=7 July 1919 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19190707/010/0010 |title=Amateur Champions |work=Daily Record |date=7 July 1919 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 November 2024 }}</ref> Blewitt became the National 4 mile champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1920 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }}</ref> The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium, he finished fifth in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres, earning a silver medal in the 3000 metres team event.
Blewitt was British 4 mile champion for 1922, 1923<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001947/19230707/184/0012 |title=Liddell creates new record |work=Pall Mall Gazette |date=7 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref> and 1925, although the 1923 event was by virtue of being the best placed British athlete after finishing behind the legendary Finn Paavo Nurmi.<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=21 November 2024 }}</ref>
Shortly after he won the steeplechase title 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> he withdrew from the 1924 Olympic steeplechase race due to an injury.<ref name=r1/>
At the 1928 Olympic Games, he failed to reach the final of the 3000 m steeplechase.
== References == {{Commons category|Joe Blewitt}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/joe-blewitt-1.html Joe Blewitt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112085925/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/joe-blewitt-1.html |date=12 November 2012 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> }} ==External links== *{{olympics.com|charles-edward-blewitt}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{EAA|14562089}} *{{Team GB}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blewitt, Joe}} Category:1895 births Category:1954 deaths Category:People from Upton upon Severn Category:English men long-distance runners Category:British men long-distance runners Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Category:International Cross Country Championships winners Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics Category:English men steeplechase runners Category:Sportspeople from Worcestershire Category:20th-century English sportsmen