The Achilles Club is a track and field club for the past and present representatives of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities. As of 2025, members have won 19 Olympic gold medals and held 38 World Records.

Membership Athletes that have competed in the annual varsity match are invited to join the club, in addition to Blues, Half Blues, Cross Country, Marathon, Relay and Field Event Colours, members from Alverstone, Centipedes, Alligators and Millipedes representatives (the varsity second teams), and recommendations by the University Presidents.

History

The club was formed in 1920. One of its founding members was Evelyn Montague, who, along with Harold Abrahams, is portrayed in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.Evelyn Montague – Biography at Sports-Reference.com

Olympians Athletics Olympians only and English unless stated AthleteEventsGamesMedals/RefCharles Gmelin (O) 4001896 George Robertson (O) discus throw, shot put 1896 Wesley Coe (O) shot put1904, 1908 Eric Hussey (O) 110h1908 Edward Leader (C) 110h, high jump 1908Norman Hallows (O) 1500, 3 mile team1908 Christopher Chavasse (O) 400 1908 Edward Ryle (C) 400 1908Theodore Just (C) 800, medley relay 1908Harold Holding (O) 800 1908Walter Henderson (O) discus, Greek, javelin, slj, shj 1908, 1912Ernest May (O) discus, Greek, javelin 1908Alfred Bellerby (C) high jump, long jump 1908Alan Fyffe (O) hammer 1908 Robert Lindsay-Watson (C) hammer 1908 Charles Williams (C) long jump 1908 Wilfred Bleaden (O) long jump, slj 1908 Lionel Cornish (O) long jump, slj 1908 Arthur Anderson (C) 100, 200 1912 Arnold Jackson (O) 1500 1912 Philip Noel-Baker (C) 800, 1500 1912 Norman Taber (O) 1500, 3000 team 1912 William Moore (O) 1500, 3000 team 1912 Duncan Macmillan (C) 200 1912 Cyril Porter (O) 3000 team, 5000 1912 Sidney Abrahams (C) long jump 1912 Bevil Rudd (O) 400, 4x400, 800 1920 Harold Abrahams (C) 100, 200, 4x100, long jump 1920, 1924 William Seagrove (C) 3000 team, 5000 1920, 1924 John Ainsworth-Davis (C) 400, 4x400 1920 Guy Butler (C) 4x400, 400 1920, 1924, 1928 Wilfrid Kent Hughes (O) 400h 1920 Edgar Mountain (C) 800 1920, 1924 Arthur Porritt (O) 100, 200 1924 Lord Burghley (C) 110h, 400h, 4x4001924, 1928, 1932 Leopold Partridge (C) 110h1924 Hyla Stallard (C) 800, 1500 1924 Douglas Lowe (C) 4x400, 800, 1500 1924, 1928 Bayes Norton (O) 200 1924 William Stevenson (O) 4x400 1924 George Renwick (O) 4x400 1924 David Johnson (O) 400, 4x400 1924 Wilfrid Tatham (C) 400h, 800 1924, 1928 Ralph Starr (C) 800, 5000 1924, 1928 Clifford Davis (C) 800 1924 Lawrence Roberts (C) high jump 1924 Robert Dickinson (O) high jump 1924 Arthur Willis (C) high jump 1924 Malcolm Nokes (O) hammer 1924, 1928 Chris Mackintosh (O) long jump 1924 James Campbell (C) pole vault1924 Rex Woods (C) shot put 1924, 1928 George Weightman-Smith (C) 110h 1928 Wilfrid Kalaugher (O) 110h, triple jump 1928 Vernon Morgan (O) 3000 steeplechase 1928Edward Smouha (C) 4x100 1928 John Rinkel (C) 400m, 4x400 1928 Roger Leigh-Wood (O) 400m, 4x400 1928 Tom Livingstone-Learmonth (C)400h 1928 Lance Percival (O) 400h 1928 Colin Gordon (O) high jump 1928 Howard Ford (C) Decathlon 1928 Carl van Geyzel (C) high jump 1928 James Cohen (C)long jump 1928 Reg Revans (C) long jump 1928 Laurence Bond (C) pole vault 1928 Robert Howland (C) shot put 1928 Roland Harper (O) 110h1932 Jerry Cornes (O) 1500 1932, 1936 Norwood Hallowell (O)1500 1932 Jack Lovelock (O) 1500 1932, 1936Tommy Hampson (C) 800, 4x400 1932 Bob Tisdall (C) 400h, decathlon1932 Alan Pennington (O) 100, 200, 4x1001936John Thornton (C) 110h 1936 Ashleigh Pilbrow (O) 110h 1936 Vane Ivanović (C) 110h 1936 Gordon Brown (C) 400m, 4x400 1936 Peter Ward (C) 5000 1936, 1948 Josef Klein (C) Decathlon 1936 Helge Sivertsen (O) discus 1936 Robert Kennedy (C) high jump 1936 Richard Webster (C) pole vault 1936, 1948 Eric Prabhakar (O) 100, 2001948 Raymond Barkway (O) 110h 1948 John Fairgrieve (C) 200 1948 Geoffrey Tudor (O) 3000 steeplechase 1948 Peter Curry (O) 3000 steeplechase 1948 Morville Chote (C) javelin 1948 Harry Askew (C) long jump 1948 Peter Hildreth (C) 110h 1952, 1956, 1960 Roger Bannister (O) 1500 1952 Nicolas Stacey (O) 200, 4x400 1952 Chris Brasher (C) 3000 steeplechase 1952, 1956 Alan Dick (O) 4x400 1952 Angus Scott (C) 400h 1952 Christopher Chataway (O) 5000 1952, 1956 Tim Anderson (C) pole vault 1952 Ian Boyd (O) 1500 1956 Derek Johnson (O) 4x400, 8001956 Bob Shaw (O) 400h 1956 Tom Farrell (C) 400h, 800 1956, 1960 Barclay Palmer (O) shot put 1956 Herb Elliott (C) 1500 1960 Michael Palmer (C) 3000 steeplechase 1960 John Metcalf (O) 400h1960 Bruce Tulloh (C) 5000 1960 Ranjit Bhatia (O) 5000 1960 Donal Smith (O) 800 1960 Mike Parker (C) 110h 1964, 1968Adrian Metcalfe (O) 400, 4x400 1964 Wendell Mottley (C) 400, 4x400 1964 Mike Hogan (O) 400h 1964John Boulter (O) 800, 1500 1964, 1968 Michael Ralph (O) triple jump1964 Euric Bobb (C) 4x400 1968 Martin Winbolt-Lewis (C) 400, 4x400 1968 David Hemery (O) 400h, 4x400 1968, 1972 Tim Johnston (C) Marathon 1968 Jon Ridgeon (C) 110h, 400h 1988, 1996 Richard Nerurkar (O) 10000, marathon 1992, 1996 Tim Berrett (O) 20k walk, 50k walk 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Andy Baddeley (C) 1500 2008, 2012 Mara Yamauchi (O) marathon 2008, 2012Hatti Dean (O) 3000M steeplechase injured 2008 Julia Bleasdale (C) 5000m, 10,000m 2012 Claire Hallissey (C) marathon 2012Louise Shanahan (C) 800m 2020 (key: O=Oxford C=Cambridge slj=standing long jump, shj=standing high jump)

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