Harold Abrahams

Harold Abrahams

Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.

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    “Sybil: Do you love running?
    Harold Abrahams: I’m more of an addict. It’s a compulsion, a weapon.
    Sybil: Against what?
    Harold Abrahams: Being Jewish, I suppose.
    Sybil: [laughing] You’re not serious.
    Harold Abrahams: You’re not Jewish, or you wouldn’t ask.”
    —Colin Welland (b. 1934)

    “Together, we three, until the world crumbles and there is no longer a stone or a rock or a tree or a blade of grass.”
    —Griffin Jay, and Harold Young. Mehemet Bey (Turhan Bey)