Ernest May (athlete)

Ernest May
Personal information
Born	14 September 1878; Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	5 January 1952 (aged 73); Chathill, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus/Hammer throw
Club	London Athletic Club

Ernest Edmund Bedford May (14 September 1878 Bartlow, Cambridgeshire – 5 January 1952) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

May, born in Cambridgeshire, attended Haileybury School and Oriel College, Oxford.

He finished runner-up behind Tom Kiely at the 1901 AAA Championships^[2] and repeated the success twice more, starting the following year at the 1902 AAA Championships (behind Kiely again)^[3] and the 1903 AAA Championships (behind Tom Nicolson).^[4]^[5]

In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the javelin throw event, and in the hammer throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.

He was an Anglican clergyman, Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford and a Minor Canon of Durham Cathedral and died in Chathill, Ellingham.

^ "Ernest May". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "The Amateur Championships". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 July 1901. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Amateur Championships". Gloucestershire Echo. 7 July 1902. Retrieved 1 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Amateur Championships". Leeds Mercury. 6 July 1903. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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