Stan Tomlin

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Stan Tomlin | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = Highgate Harriers | birth_date = 16 September 1905 | birth_place = St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | death_date = 17 January 1969 (aged 63) | death_place = Elstree, Hertfordshire, England | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|British Empire Games}} {{Medal|Gold| 1930 Hamilton | 3 miles}} }}

'''Stanley Arthur Tomlin''' (16 September 1905 – 17 January 1969) was an English middle-distance runner who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.

== Career == Tomlin finished third behind Cyril Ellis in the 1 mile event at the 1929 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><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=5 January 2025 }}</ref>

At 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the 3 miles event. He also participated in the 6 miles competition.

==Published works== 1956 - ''Olympic Odyssey''.Published by Modern Athlete Publications Ltd., Croydon.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore99/ore99z.pdf Great Britain and Olympism]</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ commonwealthgames.com results]

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