John Field-Richards
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Water motorsports | ||
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1908 London | Class B |
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1908 London | Class C |
John Charles Field-Richards (10 May 1878 – 18 April 1959) was a British Army officer and motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Field-Richards studied at Keble College, Oxford.[2] He joined the Hampshire Regiment as Second lieutenant on 19 May 1900, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 January 1902.[3]
As a crew member of the Gyrinus he won two gold medals in the only motorboat competition at the Olympics.
External links
[edit]- ^ "John Field-Richards". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2691.
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- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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