Robert Coleman (sailor)
Robert Coleman medal table |
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gold | Antwerp 1920 | 7 meter class |
Robert Henry Schofield Coleman (born June 9, 1883 in Ballarat , Australia , † January 1, 1960 in Brentwood ) was a British sailor .
successes
Robert Coleman, of the Royal Burnham Yacht Club sailed, was in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 7-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of the Ancora , whose crew also consisted of his sister-in-law Dorothy Wright and William Maddison , who had only one competitor with the Norwegian boat Fornebo from skipper Johan Faye . The Fornebo won the first race, but the Ancora with skipper Cyril Wright , Dorothy Wright's husband, won the second and third races and finished the regatta in first place.
Coleman, who fought on the French front in World War I , was married to Dorothy Wright's sister, Connie Machin. Their father Percy Machin owned the Ancora together with Cyril Wright . In April 1916 he was assigned to the 63rd Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps . On August 19, 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant . Two years later he received the Military Cross .
Web links
- Robert Coleman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 29699, HMSO, London, August 8, 1916, p. 7867 ( PDF , accessed June 26, 2020, English).
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 30304, HMSO, London, September 25, 1917, p. 9935 ( PDF , accessed June 26, 2020, English).
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 31266, HMSO, London, April 1, 1919, p. 4325 ( PDF , accessed June 26, 2020, English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Coleman, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coleman, Robert Henry Schofield (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sailor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballarat , Australia |
DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1960 |
Place of death | Brentwood , UK |