Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891[1] – 31 January 1917) was an English track and field athlete[2] who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Ashington finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.
[4][5][6] 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.
[7] Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War,[8] serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles.
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