George Clowes
Winchester St. George Clowes (born October 4, 1879 in Surbiton , † February 25, 1940 in Framlingham ) was a British motorboat driver .
Clowes took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London over 40 nautical miles in the (unrestricted) A class . Clowes was a machinist on the Wolseley-Siddeley boat owned by Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster . The third crew member was Joseph Laycock on August 28, 1908, when the race was abandoned due to bad weather . The next day, George H. Atkinson was the third man on the Wolseley-Siddeley . The competitor was the Frenchman Émile Thubron on the boat Camille , the only non-British participant in the field. The Wolseley-Siddeley ran aground after taking the lead and had to give up the competition. Thubron was the only one to cross the finish line after 2:26:53 hours and won the gold medal.
The boat Wolseley-Siddeley was named after the built-in car engines and had reached speeds of up to 56 km / h in previous races.
After 1908, motor boating never became an Olympic discipline, so George Clowes was one of probably only 13 or 14 participants who have ever competed in Olympic motor boating competitions.
source
Official report on the Olympic Games 1908, pages 265 to 269, (PDF; 14.7 MB)
Web links
- George Clowes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clowes, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clowes, Winchester St. George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Olympian in motor boating |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Surbiton |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1940 |
| Place of death | Framlingham |