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Charles Winslow

Winslow in 1912
Full name	Charles Lyndhurst Winslow
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)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 1912 Stockholm Singles 1912 Stockholm Doubles 1920 Antwerp Singles

Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.

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.

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

1. "Charles Winslow". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
2. "Charles Winslow Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
3. Overson, p. 9.
4. Overson, p. 10.
5. "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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