Charles Jewtraw

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Charles Jewtraw Speed ​​skating
Charles Jewtraw 1921.jpg
Full name Charles Henry Jewtraw
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday May 5, 1900
place of birth Harkness, New York
size 176 cm
date of death January 26, 1996
Place of death Palm Beach, Florida
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
Medal table
winter Olympics 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Chamonix 1924 500 m
 

Charles Henry Jewtraw (born May 5, 1900 in Harkness , Clinton County , New York , † January 26, 1996 in Palm Beach , Florida ) was an American speed skater who won the first gold at the Winter Olympics.

Career

Jewtraw won the gold medal over 500 meters at the Olympic Games in Chamonix on January 26, 1924 and, as this was the opening event of the first Winter Olympic Games, was the first ever to win the Winter Games . However, it would be wrong to use the phrase "first Olympic champion in a winter sport", since several winter sports were previously played at summer games , such as figure skating . Jewtraw's Olympic victory was the only one of the USA at the Winter Games in Chamonix.

His winning time over 500 meters was 44.0 seconds. He also started over 1500 meters and 5000 meters, but could not win any medals over these distances.

After the Olympics, Jewtraw ended his career as a speed skater and began working as a sales representative for the sporting goods manufacturer Spalding in New York City .

Jewtraw died in Florida at the age of 95 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SI article
personal data
SURNAME Jewtraw, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jewtraw, Charles Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Harkness (New York) , Clinton County , NY
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1996
Place of death Palm Beach , Florida