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Bill Cotterell
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1902-02-10)10 February 1902
Crowthorne, England
Died24 March 1986(1986-03-24) (aged 84)
Worthing, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long-distance running
ClubSurrey AC
Royal Corps of Signals AC

William Mandeville Cotterell (10 February 1902 – 24 March 1986) was a British athlete who was selected for the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Cotterell was born in Crowthorne, Berkshire and was a member of the Surrey Athletic Club.[1]

Cotterell was a signaller and corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals and also competed for their athletics team.[2] At the 1922 AAA Championships, he finished third in the 4 miles event behind Finn Paavo Nurmi.[3]

In February 1924 he retained the Southern Athletic Championship,[4] and won the English National Cross Country Championships, held in Doncaster,[5][6] and the International Cross-country Championship Individual and team for England.[1]

Cotterell also became the national 4 miles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1924 AAA Championships.[7][8]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the individual cross country but failed to start the race because shortly before the start of the Olympics he was involved in a motorcycle crash and broke his collar bone.[1]

In 1925, he retained his English National Cross Country Championships title held in Hereford.[6][5] and helped England win the International Cross-country Championship again.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Bill Cotterell Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Athletics". Sunday Illustrated. 4 February 1923. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Cotterell Retains Southern Athletic Championship". Daily News (London). 25 February 1924. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and results, pages 73. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ^ a b "Past Winners (senior men)". English Cross Country Association. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  7. ^ "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.