Harry Churcher

Harry George Churcher (21 November 1910 – 24 June 1972) was a British racewalker who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Harry Churcher

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1910-11-21)21 November 1910 Wandsworth, London, England
Died	24 June 1972(1972-06-24) (aged 61) London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	Belgrave Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best	10  km walk: 45:29.8 (1950)

Biography

Churcher, a plumber and electrician by trade, finished second in the 1933 Surrey 2-mile walking championship before winning several county title. Churcher and his older brother Charlie both walked for Belgrave Harriers.^[2] He finished third behind Bert Cooper in the 2 miles walk event at the 1936 AAA Championships,^[3][4] second behind Swede John Mikaelsson (who would later be a double Olympic champion) at the 1937 AAA Championships^[5][6] and third behind Bert Cooper at the 1938 AAA Championships.^[7][8]

Churcher finally won two AAA Championships titles and became the national 2 miles walk champion and the national 7 miles champion at the 1939 AAA Championships^[9][10] before his career was interrupted by World War II.

He won further two 2 miles walk titles (1948) and four 7 miles walk titles (1947, 1948, 1949) at the prestigious AAA Championships.^[11]

At the 1948 Olympic Games, Churcher competed in the 10 km walk.^[12]