Alfred Fentiman
Alfred George Fentiman (born October 4, 1867 in Lewisham , † February 1943 in Brentford ) was a British cyclist and motorboat driver .
Fentiman was a dentist by profession. As a cyclist, he took part in British championships in the 1890s and set a national record.
Fentiman took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London about 40 nautical miles in the A-class part. Together with Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden , he started on the boat Dylan . First, the Dylan was supposed to compete against the rival boat Wolseley-Siddeley owned by Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster , but Fentiman's boat had to leave the race after the first lap and, shortly afterwards, bad weather also hampered the remaining boat Grosvenor the race postponed. The next day the Dylan was no longer at the start. So she was the only boat that did not start in a final. The final in the A-class was held between the Wolseley-Siddeley and the Camille of Frenchman Émile Thubron , with Thubron winning.
After 1908, motor boating never became an Olympic discipline, so Alfred Fentiman was one of probably only 13 or 14 participants who have ever started in Olympic motor boating competitions.
Web links
- Alfred Fentiman in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Fentiman, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fentiman, Alfred George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Olympian in motor boating |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lewisham |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1943 |
| Place of death | Brentford |