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- A century of sport: GB athlete Joy Crowther on her birthday
The Athletics Museum was lucky enough to sit down with Team England and Team GB athlete and England hockey player Joy Crowther (nee Smith) to hear her memories of a century in sport as she celebrates her 100th birthday. - Running in the Shadows of the Gods
Journalist and former athlete Paul Larkins reflects on a golden era of British middle-distance running and its resurgence over the past few years in his new book Running in the Shadows of the Gods. - Celebrating Geoff Capes: British Throws and Strength Icon
This year The Athletics Museum celebrated British thrower and strong man Geoff Capes (23 August 1949 – 23 October 2024) at the Pickering Memorial International on 1 June with an exhibition in the Pavilion at Loughborough University reflecting on a career across three sports, with memories from those who knew him - Snapshot of Women’s Athletics in 1934
Let’s Delve into the Archive and discover the history of this women’s athletic vest from the 1934 British Empire Games, and the significance for women’s athletics at the competition this vest would have been worn. - History of UK Indoor Athletics
As the indoor athletics season gets underway The Athletics Museum looks back at the interesting history of indoor athletics competitions and events in its varying forms. - Hammer History
Not all modern athletics events trace their origins to ancient Greece; the hammer evolved from northern-European traditions with the earliest references dating back to c.1200 BCE - The Pop Up Athletics Museum
The Athletics Museum has been out and about this summer, taking pop up exhibitions of athletics heritage to the inaugural Pickering Memorial Throws International, building on the success of last year’s Walk of Fame at English Schools’ AA Championships, and bringing athletics heritage to the crowds at the England Athletics Age Group Championships. - “Celebrating Shaun” (1961-2023) at the Pickering Memorial Throws International
The inaugural Pickering Memorial Throws International, named in memory of Shaun Pickering who died last year aged 61, took place at Loughborough on 27 May 2024. While the shot, javelin, hammer and discus champions were decided on the field, in the pavilion, The Athletics Museum and the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund held a very special exhibition to celebrate and commemorate the life and legacy of athlete, coach, mentor and advocate for athletics Shaun Pickering. - Brian Shenton: the boy from nowhere
Olympian, Commonwealth and European sprint medallist, trainer and celebrated Son of Doncaster, Brian Shenton. Caroline O’Keeffe shares her father’s story with The Athletics Museum - The miles of May: remembering two record breaking runs
May 2024 has seen the 70th anniversary of not one, but two ground-breaking miles. Roger Bannister became the first male athlete to break the men’s four minute mile on 6th May 1954 – an achievement which brought him international recognition and created a renewed national interest in men’s middle distance… Read more: The miles of May: remembering two record breaking runs