John Rinkel

{{Short description|English sprinter (1905–1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=John Rinkel |image =John Rinkel 1926.jpg | image_size = |caption=John Rinkel in 1926 |birth_date= 24 March 1905 |birth_place= Hilversum, Netherlands | death_date = 13 March 1975 (aged 69) | death_place = Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |sport=Athletics |event= 200 m, 400 m |club=University of Cambridge<br>Achilles Club |pb= 200 m – 21.5e (1928)<br>400 m – 48.4 (1928)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> |alma_mater= University of Cambridge | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}

'''Jan William Joslin Rinkel''' also known as '''John Rinkel''' (24 March 1905 – 13 March 1975) was an English sprinter who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/john-rinkel-1.html John Rinkel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122005152/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/john-rinkel-1.html |date=22 November 2015 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>

== Career == Rinkel was educated at Blundell's School and Clare College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19241015/121/0009 |title=Cambridge Freshman's Trials |work=The Sportsman |date=15 October 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> He competed in the Oxbridge Sports from 1925 through to 1928.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69437 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

Rinkel finished second behind Loren Murchison in the 220 yards event at the 1925 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19250718/019/0007 |title=AAA Championships |work=Gloucester Citizen |date=18 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003212/19250720/219/0010 |title=New Holders |work=Daily News (London) |date=20 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref> The following year he became the national 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1926 AAA Championships. He also finished second in the 440 yards behind Douglas Lowe at the 1928 AAA Championships<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=3 January 2025 }}</ref>

After becoming a British citizen in April 1927,<ref name=oly/> Rinkel competed in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay events at the 1928 Summer Olympics and placed fourth and fifth, respectively. He was a member of the Achilles team that won the AAA medley relay in 1926 and the 4×440 yd relay in 1928–29.<ref name=r1/>

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=5598&Gender=M John Rinkel]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> }}

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