George H. Atkinson

George H. Atkinson was a British motorboat driver .

Atkinson took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London about 40 nautical miles in the A-class part. On the boat Wolseley-Siddeley that Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster belonged, started as a third crew member alongside George Clowes initially Joseph Laycock in a duel against the counterparty boat Dylan with Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden and Alfred Fentiman . However, the Dylan had to leave the race after the first lap and, since bad weather hindered Grosvenor's remaining boat shortly afterwards, the race was postponed. The next day Atkinson was in the boat instead of Laycock. The new competitor was the Frenchman Émile Thubron on the Camille , the only non-British competitor in the field. The British were disappointed when the Wolseley-Siddeley ran aground after taking the lead and had to give up the competition.

The boat Wolseley-Siddeley was named after the built-in car engines and had even reached a speed of up to 56 km / h in previous races.

Motor boating never became an Olympic discipline after 1908 , so George Atkinson was one of probably only 13 or 14 participants who have ever started in Olympic motor boating competitions.

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• George H. Atkinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )