Percy Mann

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= Percy Mann |image= |caption= |birth_date= 12 May 1888 |birth_place= Eltham, London | death_date = 23 September 1974 (aged 86) | death_place = Warrington, England |sport=Athletics |event= 880y/880m |club= Polytechnic Harriers }}

'''Percy Edward Mann''' (12 May 1888 – 23 September 1974) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=4970|title=Percy Edward Mann|website=www.olympics.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225030455/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=4970 |archive-date=February 25, 2010 |url-status=dead}} </ref>

== Career == Mann, born in Eltham, finished third 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, Mann competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 800 metres competition. He died in Warrington.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69276 |title=Percy Mann |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042930/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/percy-mann-1.html sports-reference.com] *{{sports links}}

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