 thumb|right|the commemorative plaque at his birthplace harold maurice abrahams, cbe, (15 december 189914 january 1978) was a british track and field athlete of jewish origin. he was olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie chariots of fire. ==biography== ===early life=== abrahams's father, isaac, was a jewish immigrant from congress poland. he worked as a financier, and settled in bedford with his welsh jewish wife, ester. harold was born in bedford, and was the younger brother of another british athlete, the olympic long jumper sir sidney abrahams. another brother, sir adolphe abrahams, became the founder of british sport medicine. before attending university, abrahams served as a lieutenant in the british army. he attended bedford school, repton school and then at gonville and caius college, cambridge, from 1919 to 1923. he afterwards trained as a lawyer. at cambridge, he was a member of the cambridge university athletics club (of which he was president 1922â1923),who was who - volume vii - 1971â1980 cambridge university liberal club, t
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