Edward Smouha

Edward Ralph Smouha (17 December 1908 – 1 April 1992) was a British track and field athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography Smouha was born at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, one of the nine children of Rosa Ades and Joseph Smouha. His father was an Iraqi Jew born in Baghdad who emigrated to Manchester, England, and became a successful cotton manufacturer. He later drained swampland outside Alexandria, Egypt to create a new suburb, Smouha City.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Cyril Gill, Walter Rangeley and Jack London.

He was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1973 Birthday Honours for his services to the British community in Geneva.

In numerous media sources, he has been attributed the name Ellis, causing confusion. Ellis Smouha was in fact his older brother.