Maurice Herriott

Maurice Herriott is a British former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase and competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Herriott was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire.
Herriott became the List of British champions in [3000 metres steeplechase|British 3000 metres steeplechase champion] after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1959 [AAA Championships] and claimed two more AAA titles at both the 1961 AAA Championships and 1962 AAA Championships.
He also represented England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medal in the steeplechase for England.
Herriott won his fourth and fifth AAA titles in 1963 and 1964, before he was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, in the 3000 metre steeplechase, where he won the silver medal.
He represented the England team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Herriott would go on to win a remarkable eight AAA steeplechase titles with further wins in 1965, 1966 and 1967 and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain again.
Nationally he ran for the Birmingham-based athletics club Sparkhill Harriers, of which he was made an honorary lifelong member.