Winslow in 1912
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Full name | Charles Lyndhurst Winslow |
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Country (sports) | RSA |
Born |
Leamington, England |
1 August 1888
Died | 15 September 1963 Johannesburg, South Africa |
(aged 75)
Turned pro | 1907 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1925 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1920) |
US Open | 2R (1910) |
Other tournaments | |
WHCC | QF (1912, 1920) |
Olympic Games |
Gold Medal (1912) Bronze Medal (1920) |
Doubles | |
Other doubles tournaments | |
WHCC | F (1912) |
Olympic Games | Gold Medal (1912) |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Tennis | ||
1912 Stockholm | Singles | |
1912 Stockholm | Doubles | |
1920 Antwerp | Singles |
Gold Medal (1912)
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 . Eight years later, in Antwerp, Winslow won a Bronze medal in the Men's Singles event.
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.