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	Harold Abrahams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harold Maurice Abrahams (December 15, 1899 - January 14, 1978) was a British and (English) athlete.
		These Games were no great success; Abrahams was eliminated in the quarter-finals of both the 100 m and 200 m, and he finished 20th in the long jump.
		After dominating the national long jump and sprint events, Abrahams was an outsider for the medals at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Abrahams (281 words)

	Harold Abrahams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Maurice Abrahams (December 15, 1899 - January 14, 1978) was a United KingdomBritish and (EnglandEnglish) athleticsathlete.
		After dominating the national long jump and sprint events, Abrahams was an outsider for the medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics1924 Olympics in Paris, France.
		Harold Abrahams died in London Borough of EnfieldEnfield/.
	www.infothis.com /find/Harold_Abrahams (242 words)

	Harold Abrahams - Wikipedia
		Abrahams begann schon früh mit Leichtathletik und zeigte bald sein Talent als Sprinter und Weitspringer.
		Er studierte an der Universität Cambridge, was ihm einen Startplatz an den Olympischen Spielen 1920 einbrachte.
		Abrahams Weg zu den Olympischen Spielen wurde eindrucksvoll durch den britischen Regisseur Hugh Hudson verfilmt.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Abrahams (153 words)

	Harold Abrahams
		Harold Maurice Abrahams (born December 15, 1899 in Bedford; died January 14, 1978 in Enfield) was a British (English) athlete.
		An Olympic champion in 1924, Abrahams is best known for the movie Chariots of Fire in which that victory is depicted.
		A sprinter and long jumper since he was young, he continued to sport while studying in Cambridge, which earned him a spot in the 1920 Olympic team.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Harold_Abrahams.html (240 words)

	Harold Abrahams Online Research :: Information about Harold Abrahams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Maurice Abrahams (December 15, 1899 - January 14, 1978) was a United Kingdom and (England) Athletics.
		After dominating the national long jump and sprint events, Abrahams was an outsider for the medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
		Harold Abrahams died in London Borough of Enfield.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Harold_Abrahams.html (270 words)

	Chariots of Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Abrahams and Liddell (true life characters) are more the focus of the movie.
		Harold Abrahams went on to become a successful barrister (attorney) in London.
		Scholz was the American Olympian who won the gold medal in the 200 meter race at the 1924 Olympic Games and lost the gold to Great Britain's Harold Abrahams in the 100 meter race by two-tenths of a second.
	www.turtle-decor.com /prod/6300271498/Chariots_of_Fire.html (1099 words)

	Harold Abrahams - Wikipédia
		Abrahams provinha de uma família de atletas: o seu irmão Sidney "Solly" Abrahams já havia representado a Grã-Bretanha nos Jogos Olímpicos de 1912, em Estocolmo (Suécia).
		Estudante da Universidade de Cambridge, Abrahams representou esta instituição entre 1920 e 1923, obtendo várias vitórias nas especialidades de 100 metros, 200 metros e no salto em comprimento.
		Nos Jogos, Abrahams obteve a medalha de prata na estafeta 4 x 100 metros (41.2 segundos), na qual efectuou o primeiro percurso, e um sexto lugar na final dos 200 metros.
	pt.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Abrahams (315 words)

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		At the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Abrahams failed to advance past the preliminary heats in the sprints or long jump, and was a member of the sixth place 4x100-meter team.
		Abrahams surprised the field by winning the gold medal in the 100-meter (10.6); in the process, he became the first European to win an Olympic sprint title.
		Abrahams' Olympic achievements were the basis of the much-celebrated motion picture Chariots of Fire.
	www.jewsinsports.org /olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=511 (634 words)

	Spirituality & Health: Movie Review: Chariots of Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The funeral of Harold Abrahams in 1978 is in progress.
		Harold, the son of a German born Jewish financier, is accustomed to bigotry; Aubrey is a middleclass dreamer.
		Harold has a showdown of his own with two Cambridge officials who criticize him for his individualism and lack of "esprit de corps." The runner, angry at the charge, responds: "You know, gentlemen, you yearn for victory just as I do.
	www.spiritualityhealth.com /newsh/items/moviereview/item_5059.html (1091 words)

	Sporting Life - Olympics 2000
		Harold Abrahams' 100 metres triumph in the 1924 Olympics is surely the best chronicled athletics performance ever after it was immortalised in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
		Like everyone else Abrahams the Paris Games would be dominated by the American contingent who arrived in France as firm favourites for the majority of titles.
		Abrahams, who in later life became president of the Amateur Athletic Association as well as a respected writer and broadcaster, attributed his success to hard and conscientious training under Mussabini's expert eye.
	www.sportinglife.com /olympics/best_of_british/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others/00/08/22/OLYMPICS_Abrahams.html (409 words)

	Harold Abrahams -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Maurice Abrahams (December 15, 1899 - January 14, 1978) was a (The people of Great Britain) British and ((An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English) (A person trained to compete in sports) athlete.
		As a part of the British (Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit) relay team, he took fourth place in the 4 x 100 m.
		Harold Abrahams died in (Click link for more info and facts about Enfield) Enfield.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harold_abrahams.htm (233 words)

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		Abrahams begins the film as a freshman at Caius College, Cambridge, facing racism from the faculty while trying to fit in.
		He teaches Abrahams several new techniques to help him win, but he was not able to watch the finals of any of Abrahams's races.
		On 7 July 2000, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a collection of Harold Abrahams's Olympic memorabilia (including his silver medal won as part of the British relay team, posters and mementoes) was auctioned off by an anonymous private collector at Christie's for $12,427.
	www.spc.cc.tx.us /english/windmill/s01/chariots.htm (607 words)

	Chariots of Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Englishman Harold Abrahams (played by Ben Cross), who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism and class prejudice in order to compete against the "Flying Scotsman," Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) in the 100 metres.
		The story is deceptively complex, and compares the similar athletic experiences of Abrahams and Liddell while portraying their vastly different characters and reactions to adversity.
		Abrahams was an outsider for the medals at the 1924 Olympics, but won the 100 m, beating all the American favourites including Jackson Scholz and Charlie Paddock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chariots_of_Fire (894 words)

	Harold M. Abrahams
		At the Paris Olympics of 1924, Harold Abrahams won a gold medal in the 100-Meter dash, equaling the Olympic record of 10.6.
		Abrahams' Olympic and personal stories were the subject of the Academy Award winning motion picture "Chariots of Fire."
		The (then) controversial action paid off as Abrahams shattered England's long jump and 100-meter sprint records before tying the Olympic 100-meter mark enroute to his gold medal.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Abrahams.html (239 words)

	Harold Abrahams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Educated at Repton School and then at CambridgeUniversity, he was an Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100-Metre Dash, a feat depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire.
		These Games were no great success; Abrahams was eliminated in the quarter-finals of both the 100 m and 200 m,and he finished 20th in the long jump.
		As an opening runner for the 4 x 100 m team, Abrahams won asecond Olympic medal, a silver one; Abrahams did not compete in the long jump.
	www.therfcc.org /harold-abrahams-99943.html (235 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Harold Cazneaux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cazneaux, Harold (1878-1953), Australian photographer whose landscape images are part of a movement in photography know as pictorialism.
		Harold I (of England), called Harold Harefoot (died 1040), king of England (1037-40), illegitimate son of Canute II, king of Denmark, Norway, and...
		Harold II (of England) (1020?-1066), king of England (January 6, 1066-October 14, 1066), last of the Saxon rulers, and a capable military leader.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Harold_Cazneaux.html (110 words)

	Eric Liddell Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Abrahams had set his whole life on winning the Olympic 100 Metres - it had become and obsession with him.
		It must have been a tremendous relief to Harold when it became known early in 1924 that Eric had decided to concentrate on the 400 metres and, because of his religous principles, would not compete in the Olympic 100 metres as first heats were always run on Sunday.
		Harold Abrahams won the 100 metres in a new Games record time.
	www.eric-liddell.org /eric/recollection11.html (762 words)

	Abrahams, Harold Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1924 in Paris, France, he was the Olympic Games 100-meter champion when he beat, among others, Charley Paddock of the United States, then regarded as "the world's fastest human." This victory was later made famous by the film Chariots of Fire (1981), which won the Academy Award for best motion picture in 1981.
		Abrahams also set four British records in the long-jump event, from 7.19 m (23 ft 8 3 in) in 1923 to 7.38 m (24 ft 2 1 in) in 1924, a record that stood for 30 years.
		Abrahams had been called to the law bar in 1924, but it was not until he retired from active athletics after breaking his leg long jumping in 1925 that he became a full-time lawyer.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/A/Abrahans/01.html (298 words)

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		Abrahams, the older brother of famed Olympian Harold Abrahams, participated in two Olympiads for Great Britain.
		Six years later, Abrahams competed in the long jump at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and finished in eleventh place with a jump of 6.72 meters (just shy of 22-feet).
		Abrahams, who was later knighted, competed for Cambridge from 1904-1906.
	www.jewsinsports.org /olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=318 (168 words)

	Harold Abrahams
		Abrahams compitió en los juegos de 1920 y 1924 por Gran Bretaña.
		Abrahams dominó a sus competidores de Oxford en los años 20, obteniendo ocho victorias en los 100 metros, los 200 metros y el salto de longitud entre 1920-1923.
		Abrahams sorprendió ganando la medalla de oro en los 100 metros con un registro de 10,6.
	www.mundoatletismo.com /Site/biografias/01d67c935110e0e0a.html (512 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Abrahams Harold Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Abrahams, Harold Maurice (1899-1978), British sprinter and long-jumper.
		Maslow, Abraham Harold (1908-1970), American psychologist and leading exponent of humanistic psychology.
		Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, Earl of Stockton (1894-1986), British Prime Minister (1957-1963), who oversaw Britain’s rapid retreat from Empire and...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Abrahams_Harold_Maurice.html (86 words)

	Religion In the Media.
		Harold Abrahams is an ambitious Jew who runs because a racial prejudice he experienced at Cambridge University.
		Abrahams becomes a barrister then goes into journalism, becomes a broadcaster and eventually becomes an elder statesman of British Athletics.
		Religious prejudice; Abrahams is Jewish and knows that the lectures and fellow students at the university treat him differently because of his faith.
	www.coursework.info /i/8124.html (429 words)

	Harold Maurice Abrahams
		Abrahams created considerable controversy in his homeland when, the year of the 1924 Olympics, he hired a coach––the first British athlete to hire a personal trainer.
		In real life, Abrahams and Liddell met up in the Olympic 200m sprint, and the best the rivals could achieve was a bronze medal for Liddle and a sixth place finish for Abrahams.
		Abrahams represented England and Northern Ireland on the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), the international governing body of track and field.
	www.jewishsports.net /BioPages/HaroldMauriceAbrahams.htm (416 words)

	Nathan's Updates from Seoul: Chariots of Fire
		Harold's year of 1918 at Cambridge opens with a speech by the Master of Caius, pointing to the freshly-etched names on the walls of those who had, only months and years before, perished in WWI,
		It would be the Prince of Wales, the future King of England, who, according to the story, would seek to sever Eric Liddell from his hidden source of energy by advocating that he betray his principles and run for the glory of the Crown.
		Harold Abrahams went on to marry his girlfriend and to become the "elder statesman of British athletics." I can't help thinking that Harold did the more good.
	hifromseoul.blogspot.com /2005/02/chariots-of-fire.html (1547 words)

	Chariots of Fire (1981)
		The men are Scotsman Eric Liddell (the late Ian Charleson), son of Protestant missionaries, and Englishman Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), Jewish Cambridge student.
		Abrahams, despite his seemingly full assimilation into British society, is driven by feelings of never being completely accepted.
		This is the only extra with comments from Cross, Alice Krige (Sybil Gordon, Abrahams' love interest), and Dennis Christopher (who has one line in the film), as well as from composer Vangelis, screenwriter Colin Welland, and others instrumental in the movie.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=164&buy=open&PID=10117384&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (738 words)

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