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Eric Liddell
[People]Eric Liddell (1902–1945) was a Scottish athlete and missionary. At the 1924 Paris Olympics he declined to run in the 100 meters heats, which were held on a Sunday, and went on to win the gold medal in the 400 meters. He later served as a missionary in China and died in a Japanese internment camp.
Florence Mackenzie
[People]Florence Mackenzie (1911–1984) was a Canadian nurse. In 1934 she married Eric Liddell, the Scottish missionary and Olympic gold medalist, in Tianjin, China, and served with him as a missionary in China.