Leslie Snow (athlete)

Leslie Snow
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1907-12-13)13 December 1907
Twickenham, England
Died1995
Surrey, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Javelin throw
ClubLondon Athletic Club

Leslie George Snow (13 December 1907 – 1995) was an English athlete who competed at the 1930 British Empire Games.[1]

Biography

Snow was born in Twickenham, England and was a member of the London Athletic Club.[2]

Snow represented England at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario,[3] where he competed in the javelin throw event, finishing in fifth place.[4] He was a bank clerk at the time of the 1930 Games and lived in Horley, Surrey.[5]

Snow was still throwing in 1939 for Dorking St Paul's.[6]

References

  1. ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ "County Athletics". Bedfordshire Times and Independent. 18 April 1930. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Hamilton 1930 Team". Team England. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Athletics Javelin Throw - Men Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Athletics". Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser. 4 August 1939. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.