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Frederick Walter Dix - Amateur Ice Skating Champion

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Frederick Walter Dix

Winner of  the British Amateur Championship:-
The Kings Cup 1908, 1909 &  1912
Dudleston Cup 1908
Baker Cup, Hendon 1912


Holder of the Mile-and-a-Half World’s Record with three turns, time 4mins 37secs

Holder of the British Mile Amateur Record with three turns, time 3mins 12secs

Winner of the great Straight-way Mile at Cowbit Wash 1912, time 2mins 271/5 secs (World Record)


Continental Skating:-
Winner of the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, International Races in Switzerland 1913;
also Winner of the International Races in Finland


England’s and British representative:-
Championships in Russia and Sweden; also Northern Games, Stockholm 1913
Olympic Games, Chamonix, France 1924
Olympic Games, St. Moritz, Switzerland 1928
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