Laurence Bond

Laurence Bond
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1905-12-31)31 December 1905
Marylebone, London, England
Died1 December 1943(1943-12-01) (aged 37)
Westcliff-on-Sea, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
ClubUniversity of Cambridge AC
Achilles Club

Laurence Temple Bond (31 December 1905 – 1 December 1943) was a British athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography

At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Bond competed in the men's pole vault, finishing 10th and just failing to reach the final.

Bond competed in the pole vault at the 1930 British Empire Games for England. At the time of the 1930 Games, he was a medical student at the University of Cambridge.

Bond finished third behind Henry Lindblad in the pole vault event at the 1931 AAA Championships, by which time he had become a doctor.

Bond finished third behind Danilo Innocenti in the pole vault event at the 1933 AAA Championships.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laurence Bond Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Athletics records may be smashed today". Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Few AAA titles go abroad". Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Amateur titles contested". Gloucestershire Echo. 8 July 1933. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Finn's brilliant 3 miles : Our athletes shine". Daily Herald. 10 July 1933. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 January 2025.