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Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (7 August 1902 – 30 March 1981) was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals in 1924 and 1928. On both occasions he set British 800-metres records of 1:52.4 and 1:51.8 respectively, the latter also being an Olympic record.
Douglas Lowe was the first man to retain an Olympic 800 metres title and he surprisingly won his first Olympic gold medal in 1924, before he had won an AAA title. At Highgate School, Lowe won the Public Schools half-mile in 1920 and while at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he won a blue for soccer and athletics.
Douglas Lowe was the first man to retain an Olympic 800 metres title and he surprisingly won his first Olympic gold medal in 1924, before he had won an AAA title. At Highgate School, Lowe won the Public Schools half-mile in 1920 and while at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he won a blue for soccer and athletics.
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When Great Britain’s Douglas Lowe won the men’s 800m gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, he probably was not given the credit he deserved because of an injury which hit the overwhelming favourite.
Douglas Lowe was the first man to retain an Olympic 800 metres title and he surprisingly won his first Olympic gold medal in 1924, before he had won an AAA title. At Highgate School, Lowe won the Public Schools half-mile in 1920 and while at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he won a blue for soccer and athletics.
