Peter Ward

Peter Hans Dudley Ward (7 February 1913 – 13 January 2009) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Career He was born in Berlin, German Empire to an English father and German mother. He studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and won a blue for athletics and a half-blue for cross-country. He was selected for the 1936 Olympics after setting a new 5,000 metres games record at the 1935 International Universities Games in Budapest and a new 3 miles record at the 1936 AAA championship. In 1936 he finished eleventh the 1500 metres event, narrowly beating out fellow English runner Mike O'Donnell.