Albert Shillington
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
| Born | c.1912 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump/Triple jump |
| Club | Willowfield Temperance Harriers 9th Old Boys |
Albert Shillington (c.1912 – date of death unknown)[1] was a Northern Irish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.[2]
Biography
Shillington ran for the athletics team of the Willowfield Temperance Harriers and was an all-round athlete. In 1934, he set a Northern Irish high jump record of 5ft. 5ins.[3]
Shillington represented Northern Ireland at the 1934 British Empire Games, in the long jump and triple jump events.[4][5]
He was one of only four athletes to represent Northern Ireland at the 1938 British Empire Games, partly due to a time of political change that saw the Irish Free State recently becoming Ireland.[6] He took part in the athletics programme[7] and finished sixth in the triple jump competition.[8] At the time of the Games he was a wholesale draper and lived at 5 Sunnyside Drive, Belfast.[1]
During World War II he continued to compete for the 9th Old Boys club[9] and became a six-times champion of Ireland, twice over the long jump in 1942 and 1943 and also four times over the triple jump from 1942 to 1945 at the Irish Athletics Championships.[10]
References
- ^ a b "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, Greenock to Quebec & Montreal - 4 July 1936". Ancestry. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "Athletics Triple Jump - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "Ulster Title Events". Belfast News-Letter. 14 June 1937. Retrieved 31 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics Long Jump - Men London 1934 | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Athletics Triple Jump - Men London 1934 | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "State formation, diplomacy and sport: the British Empire Games, Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1930–38". Cambridge University. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "British Empire Games 1938" (PDF). Association of Track and Field Statisticians. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "Empire Games End". Belfast News-Letter. 14 February 1938. Retrieved 31 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "S & H Athletic meeting". Ireland's Saturday Night. 2 June 1945. Retrieved 31 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Roll of Honour Irish Athletics Champions" (PDF). Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 31 August 2025.