Charles Winslow
Winslow in 1912 | |
Full name | Charles Lyndhurst Winslow |
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Country (sports) | South Africa |
Born | (1888-08-01)1 August 1888 Leamington, England |
Died | 15 September 1963(1963-09-15) (aged 75) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Turned pro | 1907 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1925 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–1 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1920) |
US Open | 2R (1910) |
Other tournaments | |
WHCC | QF (1912, 1920) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Other doubles tournaments | |
WHCC | F (1912) |
Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.[1] He won two gold medals: Men's Singles and Doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Eight years later, in Antwerp, Winslow won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles event.[2]
Winslow's father Lyndhurst Winslow played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club,[3] while Winslow's son Paul played Test cricket for South Africa.[4]
Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910.[5] He died on 15 September 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 75.
Sources
- Overson, C. "... and never got another one", The Cricket Statistician, No. 144, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, Nottingham, UK.
References
External links
- Charles Winslow at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Charles Winslow at the International Tennis Federation
- Charles Winslow at Wimbledon
- Charles Winslow at Olympedia
- Charles Winslow at Olympics.com
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