Rodolfo Hammersley

Rodolfo Hammersley Hempel (June 10, 1889 – ) was a Chilean track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

[1] He was born in Valparaíso, the son of Robert Hammersley from Islington, London, and Emma Marie Hempel.

[3] Hammersley was a generalist in track and field, practising a wide variety of events.

This made Hammersley part of Chile's first official delegation to the Olympics.

[3] At the 1918 South American Championships in Athletics – the first such gathering in the region – he won the discus throw event.