Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.[1]
Career
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
- ^ "Charles Winslow". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Charles Winslow Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ Overson, p. 9.
- ^ Overson, p. 10.
- ^ "157 Beacon". Back Bay Houses. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
External links
- Charles Winslow at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Charles Winslow at the International Tennis Federation
- Charles Winslow at Wimbledon
- Charles Winslow at Olympics.com
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