Lincoln University Notable Alumni Pat Boot

Pat Boot. New Zealand middle distance runner from Canterbury, who represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin and at the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney.

New Zealand athletes (left to right) Pat Boot, Cecil Matthews and Jack Lovelock train for the Berlin Olympics with Englishman Jerry Cornes (far right) at Herne Hill, England, in July 1936. Lovelock had earlier won the mile race at the 1934 Empire Games in London. Matthews and Boot would both go on to win gold medals at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney. Matthews won gold in the 3-mile and 6-mile races, while Boot won gold for the 880 yards and bronze for the mile. 

Joseph Romanos, 'Olympic and Commonwealth games - The British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/37925/new-zealand-champions-training-england-1936 (accessed 22 May 2017), Story by Joseph Romanos, published 5 Sep 2013, reviewed & revised 16 Sep 2016.