Harry Jefferson

Harry Jefferson

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Birthday:

March 9, 1849

Place of birth:

Mumbai , India

Date of death:

June 23, 1918

Place of death:

Alcombe

Boat classes:

3 to 10 tons

Medal table

Olympic games

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Olympic games
gold	Paris 1900	3 to 10 tons (2nd race)

Harry Wyndham Jefferson (born March 9, 1849 in Mumbai , India , † June 23, 1918 in Alcombe ) was a British sailor .

3 to 10 ton class, Olympic Games 1900

successes

Harry Jefferson participated in the Olympics in 1900 in Paris , where he in a competition on the Seine in Meulan-en-Yvelines took. In the boat class 3 to 10 tons he missed the first race due to customs problems with the boat, but became Olympic champion in the second race . Together with Edward Hore he was a crew member of the Bona Fide under skipper Howard Taylor .

Jefferson was a stockbroker with government bonds came to power and lived in London . He owned several yachts. Jefferson died in 1918 after a long illness. His son was a major in the Royal Army Service Corps and died in the Middle East in 1941.

Harry Jefferson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Jefferson, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jefferson, Harry Wyndham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mumbai , India
DATE OF DEATH	June 23, 1918
Place of death	Alcombe , UK