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{{short description|British athlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Alfred Tysoe
|image= [[File:tysoe.jpg|150px]]
|caption=
|birth_date= 21 March 1874
|birth_place= [[Padiham]], near [[Burnley]] England
| death_date = 26 October 1901 (aged 27)
| death_place = Blackpool, England
|sport=Athletics
|event= middle distance
|club= [[Salford Harriers]]
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres team race|5000 metre team race]]}}
}}

'''Alfred Ernest Tysoe''' (21 March 1874 &ndash; 26 October 1901) was an English athlete, and winner of two gold medals at the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Olympic Games]] representing Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69547 |title=Alfred Tysoe |work=Olympedia |accessdate=22 December 2020}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born in the Old Vicarage, [[Padiham]], near [[Burnley]] England, Tysoe ran part-time with the Skerton Harriers running team while still working as a farm labourer.
[[Image:800m final 1900.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Tysoe winning the Olympic 800 m]]
[[Image:Tysoegrave.jpg|thumb|Alfred Tysoe's grave]]
In 1896, he won the Northern Counties 1000 y and one mile titles. His running successes brought him to the attention of [[Harold Hardwick]], founder of [[Salford Harriers]] in 1884; in 1897 Tysoe was persuaded to join the Salford club. Within his first year with Salford Harriers, he had won the [[Amateur Athletic Association Championships]] in the one and ten miles events at the [[1897 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001781/18970705/008/0008 |title=Amateur Athletic Championships |work=Nottingham Guardian |date=5 July 1897 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>

In 1898, he helped the team to win their sixth National Cross Country championship.

At the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, Tysoe was a favourite in the 800 m, having just one week before the games won the [[1900 AAA Championships]] in 1:57.8.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19000709/019/0001 |title=The Amateur Athletic Association Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=9 July 1900 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> He won easily, beating [[John Cregan (athlete)|John Cregan]] from the United States by 3 yards. He also won a gold medal as part of the British team in the 5000 m team race.

This proved to be his last season on the running track. In 1901, he became severely ill with [[pleurisy]] and died at his home in [[Blackpool]], aged 27.

He is buried in [[Layton Cemetery]], Blackpool. His gravestone reads: "In loving memory of Alfred Ernest Tysoe. Amateur Champion half-mile runner of the world.

Born 21 March 1874, Died 26 October 1901. 'Brief life is here our portion, brief sorrow, short-lived care. The life that knows no ending, the tearless life is there.' This stone was erected by the many admirers of this famous athlete, by whom he was held in the highest esteem."

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