Eric Liddell

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Christian missionary Olympic athlete human sprinter

Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter and Christian missionary best known for winning the 400 metres gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics and for his principled refusal to run on Sunday.

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian missionary → Olympic athlete → human → sprinter →
awardReceived	Olympic bronze medal → Olympic gold medal →
burialPlace	Weifang →
causeOfDeath	brain tumor →
commemoratedBy	Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh → Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh →
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1902-01-16 →
dateOfDeath	1945-02-21 →
educatedAt	Eltham College → University of Edinburgh →
employer	London Missionary Society →
event	100 metres → 200 metres → 400 metres →
familyName	Liddell →
father	James Dunlop Liddell →
givenName	Eric →
knownFor	being portrayed in the film "Chariots of Fire" → refusing to run an Olympic race on Sunday → winning the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics →
medalIn	4 × 400 metres relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics → 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics →
memberOfSportsTeam	Great Britain Olympic athletics team → Scotland national rugby union team →
mother	Mary Liddell →
name	Eric Liddell →
nickname	The Flying Scotsman →
notableWork	missionary work in China →
occupation	rugby union player → teacher →
participantIn	1924 Summer Olympics → 1924 Summer Olympics – athletics →
placeOfBirth	China → Tianjin →
placeOfDeath	China → Shandong → Weifang → Weihsien Internment Camp →
positionHeld	missionary →
positionPlayed	wing three-quarter →
religion	Christianity → Presbyterianism →
representedBy	Great Britain →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Rob Liddell →
sport	athletics → sprinting →
spouse	Florence Mackenzie →
subjectOf	biography "The Flying Scotsman" → film "Chariots of Fire" →
workLocation	China → Tianjin → Xiaochang →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chariots of Fire →	mainCharacter
Eric Liddell →	name
1924 Summer Olympics →	notableAthlete
Chariots of Fire →	portrays