George Caridia
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| silver | 1908 London | Double (hall) |
George Aristides Caridia (born February 20, 1869 in Calcutta , British India , † April 21, 1937 in London ) was a British tennis player.
Caridia took part in tennis tournaments from 1895. At the Wimbledon Championships he achieved his best result in the quarter-finals in 1904 and 1909. At the Summer Olympics in London in 1908 , he won the indoor silver medal in both singles and doubles, alongside George Simond .
In 1912 he started again at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, but was eliminated in the first game against Anthony Wilding . In 1914 he ended his tennis career.
He died in London in 1937 at the age of 68.
Web links
- George Caridia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- ITF Profile of George Caridia (English)
- George Aristides Caridia. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 10, 2012 (English).
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| SURNAME | Caridia, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caridia, George Aristides (full name); Karidias, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1937 |
| Place of death | London , UK |