Alexander Munro (athlete)

Alexander Munro (30 November 1870 – 3 January 1934) was a British strongman, wrestler, and tug of war competitor who competed in the latter sport in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

[2] In 1908, he won the bronze medal as a member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division.

Four years later, he won the silver medal as a member of the joint City of London Police-Metropolitan Police "K" Division British team.

In 1908, Munro was also the Scottish wrestling champion but lost a noted match to Georg Hackenschmidt.

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The 1912 silver medallist team from Great Britain (left to right; back row - Joseph Dowler *, Alexander Munro *, Edwin Mills , John James Shepherd , H. Stiff, Frederick Humphreys ; front row - Walter Tammas *, Walter Chaffe [ 1 ] *, Thomas Peel *, Matthias Hynes *, John Sewell ; * = Metropolitan Police, all others City of London Police)