Ivo Frank Fairbairn-Crawford (born Ivo Frank Fairbairn Crawford; 20 December 1884 – 24 August 1959) was a British/Irish middle-distance runner. He competed at the

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in London.

Biography

Fairbairn-Crawford was educated at

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and became the National 880 yards champion after winning the

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title at the

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. At the 1908 Olympic Games, represented

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in London, and competed in the

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; Crawford won his heat in the first round easily, with a time of 1:57.8. He was disqualified in the final, however. Crawford also won his first round heat in the 1500 metres event. He placed fifth in the final with a time of 4:07.6. Crawford's sister was Loris Callingham, who was killed in the torpedoing of RMS ''Leinster'' in 1918. Their father was

Frank Fairbairn Crawford Major Frank Fairbairn Crawford (17 June 1850 – 16 January 1900) was a British Army officer who was killed in the Second Boer War. He also played first-class cricket in two countries – in England for Kent County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cr ...

, who played

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in England and South Africa before being killed in the Second Boer War. An uncle, Rev. John Charles Crawford, and his three sons (Ivo and Loris's cousins),

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, and Vivian, all also played first-class cricket, with Jack playing for England.Frank Crawford
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairbairn-Crawford, Ivo 1884 births 1959 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain British male middle-distance runners People from Longford (town) Athletes from County Longford Irish male middle-distance runners People educated at Felsted School