About Ronald Wylde
Lived 1913 – 2000 (aged 87). Ronald Wylde was an athletics competitor.
Ronald Burns Wylde (7 January 1913 – 8 July 2000) was a South African-born Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
Biography He was also a medical doctor who practised in Grahamstown. South Africa. He attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
At the 1934 Empire Games, he was a member of the Scottish relay team that won the bronze medal in the 4×440 yards event. In the 440 yards competition, he was eliminated in the heats.
Wylde finished second behind Bill Roberts in the 440 yards event at the 1937 AAA Championships.
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British athlete
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Ronald Wylde was born on 7 January 1913.
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Ronald Wylde died on 8 July 2000.
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Ronald Wylde was an athletics competitor.
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