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Edwin Thacker’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African high jumper
Was Athlete
High jumper
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

24 July 1913, Germiston

Death

4 August 1974
(aged 61 years)

Edwin Thomas Thacker (24 July 1913 – 4 August 1974) was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Germiston.
In 1936 he finished twelfth in the Olympic high jump event.
At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal high jump competition. Four years later at the 1938 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the high jump contest again.