Leopold Partridge

Leopold Frank Partridge (14 July 1901 – 18 June 1976) was a British athlete who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Leopold Partridge

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1901-07-14)14 July 1901 Potters Bar, England
Died	18 June 1976(1976-06-18) (aged 74) Dublin, Ireland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Club	Achilles Club

Career

Partridge attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he won a football Blue (1920–21) and was capped for England in the amateur international against France in 1921.^[2][3] He finished in second place at the Oxford versus Cambridge varsity athletics match in 1921. The following year he won the event^[2] and finished second behind Frederick Gaby in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1922 AAA Championships.^[4][5]

He won the Southern Counties title in 1923 before finishing second again behind Fred Gaby at the 1923 AAA Championships and third in the 1924 AAA Championships (again behind Gaby).^[6]

Partridge left Cambridge without taking a degree and went into business with his father, who was an antiques dealer with premises in Bond Street and New York.^[2] He died in the Republic of Ireland in 1976.