Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh | |||||||
birthday | October 20, 1869 | ||||||
place of birth | Edinburgh | ||||||
date of death | October 21, 1934 | ||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh | ||||||
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nation | Scotland | ||||||
society | RCCC, Perth | ||||||
Playing position | Third | ||||||
Playing hand | right | ||||||
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Robin Welsh (born October 20, 1869 in Edinburgh , † October 21, 1934 ibid) was a Scottish rugby union player and curler who became the oldest Olympic champion at the Winter Games in 1924 at the age of 54 .
Welsh played as third of the British team at the I. Winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix in curling. The team won the Olympic gold medal.
For the Scottish rugby union team Welsh played four games in the years 1895-1896.
successes
- Olympic champion 1924
Web links
- Robin Welsh on Worldcurling.org (English)
- Robin Welsh in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at espnscrum.com
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SURNAME | Welsh, Robin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish curler |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1934 |
Place of death | Edinburgh |