Gilchrist Maclagan

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Olympic Games 1908: Leander Club eighth wins his preliminary run against Hungary

Gilchrist Stanley Maclagan (born October 5, 1879 in London , † April 25, 1915 in Pilckem near Ypres , Belgium ) was a British rower and Olympic champion in eighth .

Gilchrist Maclagan was a member of the Leander Club . He received his education at Eton and then at Magdalen College , Oxford. From 1899 to 1902 he took part in the Boat Race four times for Oxford as a helmsman ; in 1901 the boat he steered won. From 1899 to 1908 he competed ten times with the eighth of the Leander Club at the Henley Royal Regatta and won six times; with these six wins he is the record winner in eighth. At the 1908 Olympic regatta, which was also held in Henley , Maclagan won the final against the Belgian large boat with the eighth of the Leander Club.

During the First World War he was a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment , he died in the Second Battle of Flanders .

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SURNAME Maclagan, Gilchrist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maclagan, Gilchrist Stanley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1915
Place of death Pilckem near Ypres , Belgium