Charles Winslow
Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.
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.
 Winslow in 1912 | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Charles Lyndhurst Winslow | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1888 Leamington, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 September 1963 (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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Winslow's father Lyndhurst Winslow played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, while Winslow's son Paul played Test cricket for South Africa.
Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910. 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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