# Robert Bridge

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{{short description|British racewalker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Robert Bridge
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption =
| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event  = [Racewalking](/source/Racewalking)
| club = Lancashire Walking Club
| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|4|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Chester-le-Street](/source/Chester-le-Street), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|7|17|1883|4|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = Liverpool, England
| pb = '''2&nbsp;mile walk''': 13:48.8 (1912)<br>
'''7&nbsp;mile walk''': 52:06.8 (1914)<br>
'''2&nbsp; hr walk''': 24.781 km (1914)
}}
'''Robert Bridge''' (16 April 1883 &ndash; 17 July 1953) was a British [racewalker](/source/Racewalking) who competed at the [1912 Summer Olympics](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68913 |title=Robert Bridge |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
Bridge became the [National 2 miles walk champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_walk) and the [National 7 miles walk champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres_walk) after winning both [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) titles at the [1912 AAA Championships](/source/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=16 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=16 November 2024 }}</ref>

Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he competed in the [10 km walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_10_kilometres_walk) at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/bobby-bridge-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/bobby-bridge-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Robert Bridge Olympic Results |accessdate=25 August 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

Bridge retained his 2 miles and 7 miles walk titles at the [1913 AAA Championships](/source/1913_AAA_Championships) and the [1914 AAA Championships](/source/1914_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19140704/056/0002 |title=Amateur Athletics |work=Lancashire Evening Post  |date=4 July 1914 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 November 2024 }}</ref> After [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Bridge successfully returned to action to win the 2 miles walk at the [1919 AAA Championships](/source/1919_AAA_Championships) and finished third behind [Ugo Frigerio](/source/Ugo_Frigerio) in the 2 miles walk event at the [1922 AAA Championships](/source/1922_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19220701/111/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily Mirror  |date=1 July 1922 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19220703/418/0016 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=3 July 1922  |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 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=16 November 2024 }}</ref>

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Category:1883 births
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Category:British men race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Lathom
Category:Sportspeople from Lancashire

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