Albert Smoke

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Albert Smoke
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
BornMarch 1894
Smith Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 17, 1944
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)Marathon

Albert Smoke (March 1894 – December 17, 1944) was a Canadian long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2]

Smoke, a Mississauga Anishinaabe First Nations, was born in 1894 and was raised at Curve Lake.[3] Smoke was only 4'10" tall,[4] but was considered to be amongst the best long-distance runners of his era.[3] Smoke was the national marathon champion from 1920 to 1922,[3] and finished in third place at the 1922 Boston Marathon.[5] He later moved to Lindsay, Ontario, where he died in 1944 at the age of 53.[3] He was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 1988.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Albert Smoke". Olympedia. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Albert Smoke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Albert Smoke". Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Indigenous athletes". Parks Canada. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Gladstone Athletic Club". Earlscourt Park History. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

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