About Sydney Sarel
Lived 1872 – 1950 (aged 78). Sydney Sarel was a British athletics competitor.
Sydney Lancaster Sarel (18 June 1872 – 23 December 1950) was a British track and field athlete who competed in racewalking events and competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography Sarel was educated at Tonbridge School and studied natural sciences at Keble College, Oxford. He taught science at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School before training for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1898 and served as a curate in Hoxton, then as vicar of St Matthew's, Bethnal Green.
Sarel represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he was eliminated in the first round of the 3500 metre walk competition.
He dedicated himself to missionary work and also the promotion of athletics. He was the president of London Athletic Club in 1928.
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Who was Sydney Sarel?
British athlete
When was Sydney Sarel born?
Sydney Sarel was born on 18 June 1872 in Kensington.
When did Sydney Sarel die?
Sydney Sarel died on 23 December 1950 in Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
What was Sydney Sarel's occupation?
Sydney Sarel was an athletics competitor.
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Sydney Sarel was British.
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