Norman Trevor

Norman Trevor

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1877-06-23
Deathday: 1929-10-31 (52 years old)

Biography

Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1875 – 30 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was an Indian athlete and actor who became the first Indian and Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics representing India. He won India's first medal at the Olympics in the 200 metres and the 200 metres hurdles. Norman Pritchard was born in Calcutta to George Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard. He studied at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, and is credited with the first hat-trick in an open football tournament in India, for Saint Xavier's against Sovabazar in July 1897.

Pritchard won the Bengal province 100 yards sprint title for seven consecutive years, from 1894 to 1900 and set a meet record in 1898–99. He also won the 440 yards (¼ mile) run and the 120 yards hurdles. Pritchard finished second in the 120 yard hurdles event at the 1900 AAA Championships.

Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games and was also the first to win an Olympic medal and also represent an Asian nation. He won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, coming second in the 200 metres behind Walter Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 metres hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein, also of the United States. He reached the final of the 110 metres hurdles, but did not finish, and also participated in the 60 metres and 100 metres sprints, in which he failed to qualify for the finals.

He served as Secretary of the Indian Football Association from 1900 to 1902. He moved permanently to Britain in 1905.

He then moved to the United States to pursue a career in acting and became the first Olympian to act in silent Hollywood movies under the screen name, Norman Trevor.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1877-06-23

Deathday
1929-10-31 (52 years old)

Birth Place
Kolkata, India

Citizenships
British Raj

Also Known As
Norman Gilbert Pritchard

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