John Sherwood

British hurdler
Person human Q1701746
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John Sherwood

Summary

John Sherwood is a human[1]. He was born in Selby[2]. He was born on +1945-06-04T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Sheffield[4]. He died on +2025-08-19T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as an athletics competitor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • John Sherwood's place of birth was Selby[2].
  • John Sherwood passed away in Sheffield[4].
  • John Sherwood was born on +1945-06-04T00:00:00Z[3].
  • John Sherwood died on +2025-08-19T00:00:00Z[5].
  • John Sherwood held citizenship in United Kingdom[8].
  • John Sherwood worked as an athletics competitor[6].
  • John Sherwood was educated at Loughborough University[9].
  • John Sherwood's education included a stint at Read School[10].
  • John Sherwood is recorded as male[11].
  • John Sherwood's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • John Sherwood's sport is recorded as athletics[13].
  • John Sherwood's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09dtcz[14].
  • John Sherwood's family name is recorded as Sherwood[15].
  • John Sherwood's given name is recorded as John[16].
  • John Sherwood's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14347462[17].
  • John Sherwood's participant in is recorded as 1968 Summer Olympics[18].
  • John Sherwood's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[19].
  • John Sherwood's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as sh/john-sherwood-1[20].
  • John Sherwood's country for sport is recorded as United Kingdom[21].
  • John Sherwood's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'John Sherwood'}[22].
  • John Sherwood's GTAA ID is recorded as 153376[23].
  • John Sherwood's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+187'}[24].
  • John Sherwood's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+83'}[25].
  • John Sherwood's Olympic.org athlete ID is recorded as john-sherwood[26].
  • John Sherwood's Prabook ID is recorded as 2236627[27].

Body

Origins and Family

John Sherwood was born in Selby[2]. He was born on +1945-06-04T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Educated at Loughborough University[9], a public university[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1909[30] and Read School[10], a boarding school[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1667[33].

Career and Affiliations

John Sherwood worked as an athletics competitor[6].

Death and Burial

John Sherwood died on +2025-08-19T00:00:00Z[5]. He passed away in Sheffield[4].

Why It Matters

John Sherwood ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

FAQs

Where was John Sherwood born?

John Sherwood's place of birth was Selby[2].

Where did John Sherwood die?

John Sherwood passed away in Sheffield[4].

What did John Sherwood do for work?

John Sherwood worked as athletics competitor[6].

Where did John Sherwood go to school?

John Sherwood was educated at Loughborough University[9] and Read School[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . thestar.co.uk. Retrieved . thestar.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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