Scotland's Track and Field Olympians - Keddie, John W
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This book identifies and describes the performances of Scottish track and field athletes who competed in the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1980. This includes Scots, men and women, or Scots, or descendents of Scots, who had emigrated from Scotland, and who took part in Olympic track and field athletics, albeit representing nations other than Great Britain. In addition, there are Appendices covering representation of Scottish-qualified participants and various aspects of performances for the whole period of the Games up to and including the Games in Tokyo in 2021. This is a ground-breaking…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book identifies and describes the performances of Scottish track and field athletes who competed in the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1980. This includes Scots, men and women, or Scots, or descendents of Scots, who had emigrated from Scotland, and who took part in Olympic track and field athletics, albeit representing nations other than Great Britain. In addition, there are Appendices covering representation of Scottish-qualified participants and various aspects of performances for the whole period of the Games up to and including the Games in Tokyo in 2021. This is a ground-breaking book, dealing with Scottish national participation in Olympic track and field events from their inception for the first time.
Autorenporträt
The author, the Rev John Keddie served pastorates in the Free Church of Scotland in Burghead, Morayshire (1987-1996) and Bracadale on the Isle of Skye (1997-2012). He was lecturer in Church History and Principles in the Seminary of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) (from 2008 to 2019). Mr Keddie is the author of 'Preserving a Reformed Heritage' (2017), a history of the Free Church of Scotland in the 20th century. He also wrote a history of the division in the Free Church of Scotland (from which the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) emerged in 2000) entitled 'A Divided Church' (2018). He has also produced popular biographies of the Olympic champion and missionary, Eric Liddell: 'Running the Race' (3rd edition, 2020), and 'Finish the Race' (for younger children, 2011).