Ralph Banthorpe

{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ralph Banthorpe | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting | club = WBAC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|2|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wolverhampton, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =174 cm | weight =63 kg }}

'''Ralph Banthorpe''' (born 6 February 1949) is a British retired international sprinter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ralph-banthorpe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ralph-banthorpe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ralph Banthorpe Olympic Results |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Banthorpe lived on Lingfield Avenue in Wolverhampton, and attended <ref>''Birmingham Mail'' Friday 17 December 1971</ref> Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School (now the Colton Hills Community School).<ref>''Birmingham Daily Post'' Wednesday 12 May 1965, page 23</ref> He studied Dentistry at the University of Birmingham.<ref>''Birmingham Daily Post'' Monday 19 August 1968, page 10</ref>

He finished second behind South African Paul Nash in the 220 yards event at the 1968 AAA Championships but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British 220 yards champion.<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=10 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the men's 200 metres.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68858 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

He also represented England in the 200 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36844|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

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