# Stan Tomlin

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{{Short description|British athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Stan Tomlin
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event       = middle-distance
| club        = [Highgate Harriers](/source/Highgate_Harriers)
| birth_date  = 16 September 1905
| birth_place = St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
| death_date  = 17 January 1969 (aged 63)
| death_place = [Elstree](/source/Elstree), Hertfordshire, England
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| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[British Empire Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold| [1930 Hamilton](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games) | 3 miles}}
}}

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

== Career ==
Tomlin finished third behind [Cyril Ellis](/source/Cyril_Ellis_(athlete)) in the 1 mile event at the [1929 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/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>

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

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 5000m Men}}

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Category:1905 births
Category:1969 deaths
Category:English men long-distance runners
Category:British men long-distance runners
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics

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