Derek Charles Pugh (8 February 1926 – 2 May 2008) was a British track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.

Athletics career

He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Tooting in London.

Derek Pugh

Outside Olympic competition, he represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a double champion for Great Britain at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, winning the 400 metres title and the 4×400 metres relay gold medal. He had previously won individual bronze and a relay silver at the 1946 European Athletics Championships. He also won a bronze medal in the relay with England at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Derek Pugh

Competition record

References

1926 births

2008 deaths

Olympic athletes for Great Britain

Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics

European Athletics Championships medalists

Athletes from London

People from Tooting

Sportspeople from the London Borough of Wandsworth

English male sprinters

Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics

Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England

Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games

Derek Pugh