Ernest Loney


Ernest Vincent Loney was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography

Loney was originally a member of Stoke AC before becoming a member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club.
Loney represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the fourth round of the 1500 metres, Loney finished first with a time of 4:08.4 to qualify for the final. There, he pace set in an attempt to tire eventual winner Mel Sheppard and did not end up finishing the race.