Eric Liddell Biography

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NAME: Eric Liddell
OCCUPATION: Track and Field Athlete, Missionary
BIRTH DATE: January 16, 1902
DEATH DATE: February 21, 1945
EDUCATION: University of Edinburgh
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tientsin, China
PLACE OF DEATH: Weishien, China
Nickname: "The Flying Scotsman"
Full Name: Eric Henry Liddell
AKA: Eric Liddell

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British runner Eric Lidell won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympic Games. The movie Chariots of Fire (1981) tells the story of his triumph.

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Eric Henry Liddell was born January 16, 1902 in China, the son of Scottish missionaries. At the 1924 Olympic Games he dropped out of the 100-meter run because it was scheduled for a Sunday. However, he won the the 400 meter gold in record time. Liddell later returned to China for missionary work. He died in a Japanese camp in 1945, during WWII, in Weishien, China. The 1981 film Chariots of Fire portrays Liddell's Olympic victory.