Robin Welsh

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Robin Welsh Curling
birthday October 20, 1869
place of birth Edinburgh
date of death October 21, 1934
Place of death Edinburgh
Career
nation ScotlandScotland Scotland
society RCCC, Perth
Playing position Third
Playing hand right
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 1924 Chamonix
 

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

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personal data
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