Edwin Flack

Edwin Harold Flack was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres running events. ^{Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (d. 1935)}

5 November 1873

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