# Ron Pavitt

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{{Short description|British athlete (1926–1988)}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Ron Pavitt
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event       = High jump
| club        = [Polytechnic Harriers](/source/Polytechnic_Harriers)
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1926|9|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Hammersmith](/source/Hammersmith), London, England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1988|1|31|1926|9|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Watford](/source/Watford), England
| height      =186 cm
| weight      =75 kg 
}}

'''Ronald Cecil John Pavitt''' (15 September 1926 &ndash; 31 January 1988) was a British [athlete](/source/Sport_of_athletics) who competed in the men's [high jump](/source/high_jump) at the [1948 Summer Olympics](/source/1948_Summer_Olympics) and the [1952 Summer Olympics](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/ron-pavitt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/ron-pavitt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ron Pavitt Olympic Results |access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography ==
In 1944, Pavitt won the AAA Southern Area junior title and in 1946 won the two titles at the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Championship. Pavitt was a radio mechanic with the Royal Navy Air Command at the time but would later work for Lyons food.<ref name=Oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68775 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> Additionally in 1946 he finished second behind [Alan Paterson](/source/Alan_Paterson) in the high jump event at the [1946 AAA Championships](/source/1946_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19460720/064/0004 |title=Swede first to win AAA title |work=Daily Herald |date=20 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 |title=AAA results |work=Daily News (London) |date=22 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> Pavitt finished second again, this time behind [Adegboyega Adedoyin](/source/Adegboyega_Adedoyin) at the [1947 AAA Championships](/source/1947_AAA_Championships).<ref name=Nuts>{{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=7 April 2025}}</ref>

Pavitt represented the [Great Britain team](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics) at the 1948 Olympic Games in London<ref name=Oly/> before finishing second for the third and fourth time at the [1949 AAA Championships](/source/1949_AAA_Championships) and [1950 AAA Championships](/source/1950_AAA_Championships), Alan Paterson proving his nemesis again on both occasions.<ref name=Nuts/> 

Pavitt represented the [England team](/source/England_at_the_1950_British_Empire_Games) in the high jump at the [1950 British Empire Games](/source/1950_British_Empire_Games) in [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38742|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1950/athletes|title=1950 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref> and later that summer finally became [British high jump champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1950 AAA Championships](/source/1950_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref>

Pavitt retained his AAA title at the [1951 AAA Championships](/source/1951_AAA_Championships)<ref name=Nuts/> before being selected for his second Olympics. He represented the [Great Britain team](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics) at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing fifth and missing a medal by just 3cm.<ref name=Oly/>

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Category:1926 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:British men high jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:People from Hammersmith
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:English men high jumpers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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