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William John Sherring (September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete of English and Irish descent, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games (or 1906 Olympic Games, as they were at the time considered to be). During the decade of the early 1900s, Sherring, from Hamilton, Ontario was acknowledged to be a world class marathoner. He had won a second place behind a fellow countryman Jack Caffery at the Boston Marathon in 1900. He also had won the Hamilton Around the Bay Road Race on two occasions. Sherring was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

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  • Ο Γουίλιαμ "Μπίλι" Σέρινγκ (18 Σεπτεμβρίου 1877-5 Σεπτεμβρίου 1964) ήταν Καναδός αθλητής, ιρλανδικής καταγωγής, νικητής του μαραθωνίου δρόμου στους Μεσοολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 1906 που έγιναν στην Αθήνα. Ο Σέρινγκ - που στο συγκεκριμένο αγώνα έτρεξε φορώντας μια λευκή στολή με ένα μεγάλο πράσινο τριφύλλι (εθνικό σύμβολο της Ιρλανδίας) στο στήθος - θεωρείται κατά μια εκδοχή ότι ενέπνευσε τους ιδρυτές του Παναθηναϊκού Αθλητικού Ομίλου να υιοθετήσουν αργότερα (1918) το τριφύλλι ως έμβλημα του συλλόγου. (el)
  • William John Sherring (September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete of English and Irish descent, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games (or 1906 Olympic Games, as they were at the time considered to be). During the decade of the early 1900s, Sherring, from Hamilton, Ontario was acknowledged to be a world class marathoner. He had won a second place behind a fellow countryman Jack Caffery at the Boston Marathon in 1900. He also had won the Hamilton Around the Bay Road Race on two occasions. In 1906, Sherring – an athlete of St. Patrick's Athletic Club – was chosen to represent Canada in the Athens Olympic Games. However, it was left up to him, a working man with meager resources (he was a brakeman at the Grand Trunk Railway), to finance his journey to Athens. Sherring managed to collect an amount claimed to be between $45 and $90 (a clearly insufficient amount to travel to Athens), which he then bet on a horse named Cicely which won with good odds. He arrived to Athens seven weeks before the Olympic Games and started to work as a porter at the Athens railway station. At the marathon race, the 45 kg (99 lb) Sherring proceeded at a steady pace, at one point a half-mile behind the leaders, before taking the lead at about the fifteen mile mark and finishing seven minutes before the next runner. Prince George of Greece ran the last 50 metres of the marathon alongside Sherring. Sherring received a live lamb and a statue of Athena as a reward. When he returned to Canada, Hamilton City Council awarded him $5000 and the City of Toronto awarded him a further $400. Baron Pierre de Coubertin wrote a letter to the Governor General of Canada, Albert Grey, protesting the gifts as inconsistent with the Olympic ideal of "sport for sport's sake." So far as is known, Sherring got to keep his money. The province of Ontario named two new townships in New Ontario (Now part of Cochrane District) in honour of Sherring, Sherring twp and Marathon twp (not to be confused with Marathon, Ontario) Upon his triumphant return from the marathon, Sherring quit athletics and worked as a customs officer in Hamilton until his retirement in 1942. Sherring was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955. After his death, his original claim-to-fame, the Around the Bay Road Race was renamed to the Billy Sherring Memorial Road Race, and Hamilton has since built a Billy Sherring Park to commemorate their most famous athlete. Sherring is thought to have inspired the founders of Panathinaikos to adopt the shamrock as the Greek multi-sport club's official emblem in 1918. (en)
  • Billy Sherring (eigentlich William John Sherring; * 18. September 1878 in Hamilton, Ontario; † 5. September 1964 ebenda) war ein kanadischer Marathonläufer und Olympiasieger. (de)
  • Billy Sherring (Canadá, 18 de septiembre de 1877-5 de septiembre de 1954) fue un atleta canadiense, especialista en la prueba de maratón en la que llegó a ser campeón olímpico en 1906.​ (es)
  • William John Sherring dit Billy Sherring, né le 18 septembre 1878 à Hamilton et mort le 5 septembre 1964 à Hamilton, est un marathonien irlando-canadien. (fr)
  • William John (Billy) Sherring (Hamilton, 18 september 1878 - 5 september 1964) was een Canadese atleet en winnaar van de marathon tijdens de Olympische Spelen van 1906, ook wel de tussenliggende Spelen genoemd. Sherring behoort, samen met zijn landgenoot , die de Boston Marathon in 1900 voor Sherring won, tot de beste marathonlopers van hun tijd. Beide heren waren lid van de atletiekvereniging St. Patrick’s Athletic Club in hun woonplaats Hamilton. Deze club hield een benefietconcert om hun deelname aan de spelen te financieren. Dit concert bracht slechts 75 dollar op. Caffery verzekerde zich hiermee van een reis naar Athene. Er was echter niet genoeg geld om ook Sherring naar Athene af te laten reizen. Het resterende bedrag zette hij in op een paard, genaamd "Cicely", dat hem geluk bracht. Met een winstverhouding van 6:1 won hij genoeg geld voor zijn reis naar Athene en een klein bedrag voor Athene zelf. Sherring bereikte Athene zeven weken voor het begin van de Olympische Spelen. Voor de tussentijd vond hij wat werk bij de spoorwegen in Athene. De marathon startte op 1 mei om 14:00. De zeer lichte Sherring hield zich bij de start ietwat terug. Na de eerste helft nam hij de leiding en bouwde al snel een voorsprong op. Uiteindelijk won hij de wedstrijd. De laatste 50 meter liep prins Georg uit Griekenland mee naast Sherring. De lengte van de marathon, die tot de Olympische Spelen van 1924 varieerde, bedroeg in 1906 41,86 km. Sherring deed daar 2:51.24 over en had een voorsprong van bijna 7 minuten op de nummer twee . Als prijs won hij een levend lam en een standbeeld van de godin Athene. Sherring kreeg bij zijn terugkeer in zijn geboorteland diverse premies en een triomfaal onthaal. Na zijn succes trok hij zich terug uit de sport en werkte tot 1942 bij de douane in Hamilton. Na zijn succes was hij trainer van het Canadese olympische marathonteam op de Olympische Spelen van 1908 in Londen. Ter ere van William "Billy" Sherring heeft men een plaatselijke loop over 30 kilometer, genaamd "The Around the Bay Road Race", in zijn woonplaats omgedoopt tot "Billy Sherring Memorial Road Race". Ook is er een klein park naar hem vernoemd, genaamd "Billy Sherring Park". (nl)
  • ウィリアム・シェリング(William D. "Billy" Sherring、1878年9月18日 - 1964年9月5日)は、カナダの陸上競技選手である。彼は、アテネオリンピック(1906年)の男子マラソン金メダリストとして記録に残っている。 (ja)
  • William John "Billy" Sherring (Hamilton, 18 settembre 1878 – Hamilton, 5 settembre 1964) è stato un maratoneta canadese. (it)
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  • Ο Γουίλιαμ "Μπίλι" Σέρινγκ (18 Σεπτεμβρίου 1877-5 Σεπτεμβρίου 1964) ήταν Καναδός αθλητής, ιρλανδικής καταγωγής, νικητής του μαραθωνίου δρόμου στους Μεσοολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 1906 που έγιναν στην Αθήνα. Ο Σέρινγκ - που στο συγκεκριμένο αγώνα έτρεξε φορώντας μια λευκή στολή με ένα μεγάλο πράσινο τριφύλλι (εθνικό σύμβολο της Ιρλανδίας) στο στήθος - θεωρείται κατά μια εκδοχή ότι ενέπνευσε τους ιδρυτές του Παναθηναϊκού Αθλητικού Ομίλου να υιοθετήσουν αργότερα (1918) το τριφύλλι ως έμβλημα του συλλόγου. (el)
  • Billy Sherring (eigentlich William John Sherring; * 18. September 1878 in Hamilton, Ontario; † 5. September 1964 ebenda) war ein kanadischer Marathonläufer und Olympiasieger. (de)
  • Billy Sherring (Canadá, 18 de septiembre de 1877-5 de septiembre de 1954) fue un atleta canadiense, especialista en la prueba de maratón en la que llegó a ser campeón olímpico en 1906.​ (es)
  • William John Sherring dit Billy Sherring, né le 18 septembre 1878 à Hamilton et mort le 5 septembre 1964 à Hamilton, est un marathonien irlando-canadien. (fr)
  • ウィリアム・シェリング(William D. "Billy" Sherring、1878年9月18日 - 1964年9月5日)は、カナダの陸上競技選手である。彼は、アテネオリンピック(1906年)の男子マラソン金メダリストとして記録に残っている。 (ja)
  • William John "Billy" Sherring (Hamilton, 18 settembre 1878 – Hamilton, 5 settembre 1964) è stato un maratoneta canadese. (it)
  • William John Sherring (September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete of English and Irish descent, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games (or 1906 Olympic Games, as they were at the time considered to be). During the decade of the early 1900s, Sherring, from Hamilton, Ontario was acknowledged to be a world class marathoner. He had won a second place behind a fellow countryman Jack Caffery at the Boston Marathon in 1900. He also had won the Hamilton Around the Bay Road Race on two occasions. Sherring was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955. (en)
  • William John (Billy) Sherring (Hamilton, 18 september 1878 - 5 september 1964) was een Canadese atleet en winnaar van de marathon tijdens de Olympische Spelen van 1906, ook wel de tussenliggende Spelen genoemd. Sherring bereikte Athene zeven weken voor het begin van de Olympische Spelen. Voor de tussentijd vond hij wat werk bij de spoorwegen in Athene. (nl)
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