Frederick Hodges (diver)
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Shoreditch, England | 8 May 1921||||||||||||||
Died | 24 November 2014 Malvern, Worcestershire, England | (aged 93)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
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Frederick George Hodges (8 May 1921 – 24 November 2014) was a British diver.[1] He competed in the men's 3 metre springboard event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He was Britain's youngest male Olympian until 2008. Hodges was aged fifteen years and ninety-four days old when he competed in 1936.[3]
References
- ^ "Frederick Hodges". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Hodges Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Teen diver set for Olympic record". BBC. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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