Henry Ashington

Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington was an English track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sherard and Lydia Ashington. His father was a solicitor.
Ashington finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.
Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 15th in the standing long jump event at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War, serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.