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- Achilles_Club abstract "The Achilles Club is a track and field club formed in 1920 by and for past and present representatives of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Members have won 19 Olympic Gold Medals (most recently Steph Cook in the pentathlon), and held 38 World Records. One of its founding members was Evelyn Aubrey Montague, who is immortalized in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.In the amateur age between the World Wars, the Achilles Club was the strongest amateur athletic organization in Britain. Its members enjoyed more opportunity for training than most, and made up the greater part of the British Olympic team. Champions like Harold Abrahams, David Burghley, and Jack Lovelock (New Zealand) were household names, and they supported the Club’s regular exhibition matches against schools throughout the country, to encourage the growth of the sport. Very popular books passing on their expertise were published, and members contributed at the highest national and international level as coaches, promoters, and administrators.After the Second World War, Achilles athletes remained prominent. Roger Bannister’s achievements captured the imagination of the whole world; Chris Chataway was the darling of the White City; and Chris Brasher won Olympic gold in Melbourne. By then, however, more clubs were forming as tracks were constructed around Britain. Participation in athletics soared, and with it standards of performance, while at the Universities academic pressures assumed a greater significance.Nevertheless the Achilles Club still thrives. In recent years Club teams have competed in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Italy and France. The continuing series of reciprocal matches against Harvard, Yale, and other U.S. Ivy League Universities, which predate the modern Olympic Games, celebrated its centenary in 1995. Members like Mara Yamauchi, Andy Baddeley, Jon Ridgeon, Craig Masback (USA), Julian Goater and Richard Nerurkar continue to make their mark on the world stage, both as competitors and as administrators.".
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink Academia.
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink Chariots_of_Fire.
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink Evelyn_Aubrey_Montague.
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink Roger_Bannister.
- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink Steph_Cook.
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Cambridge.
- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Oxford.
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- Achilles_Club wikiPageWikiLinkText "Achilles Club".
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- Achilles_Club subject Category:1920_establishments_in_England.
- Achilles_Club subject Category:Oxbridge.
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- Achilles_Club hypernym Track.
- Achilles_Club type Single.
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- Achilles_Club comment "The Achilles Club is a track and field club formed in 1920 by and for past and present representatives of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Members have won 19 Olympic Gold Medals (most recently Steph Cook in the pentathlon), and held 38 World Records. One of its founding members was Evelyn Aubrey Montague, who is immortalized in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.In the amateur age between the World Wars, the Achilles Club was the strongest amateur athletic organization in Britain.".
- Achilles_Club label "Achilles Club".
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- Achilles_Club homepage www.achilles.org.
- Achilles_Club isPrimaryTopicOf Achilles_Club.