Arthur Wint
Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 Mee 1920 - 19 Ọktoba 1992) bụ onye na-anya ụgbọelu Royal Air Force (RAF) nke Jamaica n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, onye na-agba ọsọ, dọkịta, ma mesịa bụrụ High Commissioner na United Kingdom. N'asọmpi na 1948 na 1952 Olympics, mgbe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ ahụike na St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, ọ meriri ọla edo abụọ na ọlaọcha abụọ, na-aghọ onye mbụ nwetara ọla edo Ndị Jamaica Olympic. [1] [2][3]
Akụkọ ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Arthur Wint, onye a maara dị ka Gentle Giant, na Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. Mgbe ọ nọ na Calabar High School, ọ gbara ọsọ ọsọ ma mee ma elu ma ogologo. O mechara gaa Excelsior High School, ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya. N'afọ 1937, ọ bụ onye Nwoke egwuregwu nke afọ Jamaika , n'afọ sochirinụ, o ritere ihe nrite ọla edo na mita narị asatọ na egwuregwu etiti Amerika na Panama. Ịchekwa ego maka ụgbọ elu ya na Europe
N'afọ 1942, ọ sonyeere British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ma setịpụ ihe ndekọ narị anọ nke Canada mgbe ọ na-azụ n'ebe ahụ. E zigara ya na Britain maka ịlụ ọgụ n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu. Ọ hapụrụ Royal Air Force na 1947 iji mụọ ọgwụ na St Bartholomew's Hospital, site na usoro agụmakwụkwọ na ọzụzụ ọrụ aka nke Britain maka ndị bụbu ndị agha.[1][4]
Na 1948 Egwuregwu London, Wint meriri nrite ọla edo mbụ nke Jamaica maka mita narị anọ (46.2 sekọnd), na-eti onye otu ya Herb McKenley. Na mita narị asatọ ọ meriri ọlaọcha, mgbe Onye America Mal Whitfield nwetasịrị ọla edo. Wint tụfuru ihe nrite nke atọ mgbe ọ dọtara uru ahụ na 4 × 400 mita relay ikpeazụ.
Na Helsinki n'afọ 1952, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị otu akụkọ ihe mere eme na-etinye ihe ndekọ ụwa mgbe ọ na-enweta ọla edo na 4 × 400 mita relay. O nwetakwara ọlaọcha na mita narị asatọ ọzọ na-esote Mal Whitfield.
Wint gbara ọsọ ikpeazụ ya na 1953 na Wembley Stadium, mechaa ọzụzụ ya, wee gụsịrị akwụkwọ dị ka dọkịta. N'afọ sochirinụ, Queen Elizabeth nke Abụọ mere ya Onye otu Order of the British Empire (MBE) na 1954 Nsọpụrụ afọ ọhụrụ. N'afọ 1955, Wint laghachiri Jamaica, mesịa biri na Hanover dị ka naanị dọkịta bi na parish ahụ. N'afọ 1973, e nyere ya nsọpụrụ Jamaica nke Order of Distinction . Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka Kọmishọna Ukwu nke Jamaica na Britain na onye nnọchi anya na Sweden na Denmark site na 1974 ruo 1978. A nabatara ya na Nzukọ ndị ojii na eme egwuregwu ama ama na US (1977), na Jamaica Sports Hall of Fame (1989) na Central American & Caribbean Athletic Confederation Hall of Fame (2003).
Ọnwụ na ihe nketa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Wint nwụrụ na Ụbọchị ndị dike na Linstead, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri asaa na abụọ. Ọtụtụ narị mmadụ bịara olili ozu ya, gụnyere Praịm Minista Jamaika.[5] N'afọ 2012, a kpughere Blue Heritage Plaque na 22 Philbeach Gardens na Earls Court, London, ebe ọ biri mgbe ọ na-amụ ọgwụ.[6] N'otu ihe omume ahụ, nwa ya nwanyị wepụtara akwụkwọ ya banyere ya, nke akpọrọ Ọsọ dịkarisiri ogologo. [3][6]
Hụkwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- RAF Bomber Command
- Ndị Na-efe Ụgbọelu Tuskegee
- Ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu RAF Bomber Command nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ
Ebe m si dee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Arthur WINT. Olympics.com. Retrieved on 9 August 2021.
- ↑ Cooper (2014). Doctors of Another Calling: Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other than Medicine (in en). Newark: Rowman & Littlefield, 421. ISBN 978-1-61149-466-2.
- ↑ "Jamaica's first gold medallist Arthur Wint remembered", BBC News, 23 October 2021. Retrieved on 13 November 2022.
- ↑ Braithwaite (2001). "Foreword", Colonial West Indian Students in Britain (in en). University of the West Indies Press, vii. ISBN 978-976-640-052-1.
- ↑ Arthur Wint. wintworks.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Jamaica's Gentle Giant Honoured in London – Jamaica Information Service", jis.gov.jm. Retrieved on 13 November 2022.
Ịgụ ihe ọzọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Johnson (2014). Caribbean Volunteers at War: The Forgotten Story of the RAF's 'Tuskegee Airmen' (in en). Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-78346-291-9.
- Wint (2012). The Longer Run: A Daughter's Story of Arthur Wint (in en). Ian Randle Publishers. ISBN 978-976-637-518-8.
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