Sidney Merlin

Sidney Louis Walter Merlin (born April 26, 1856 in Piraeus , † 1952 in Athens ) was a British botanist and marksman who took part in the 1896 Summer Olympics , the 1900 Summer Games and the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games.

Life

His family had lived in Greece since around 1830 , as his father was a British consul in Piraeus. Merlin married Zaira Theotokis, the daughter of the Prime Minister of Corfu , Georgios Theotokis . He divorced her some time later and married Katia. Merlin was known in Greece for his botanical achievements. He was the first to bring the “Washington Navel” orange to Greece. In Greece it is still called “Merlin” today. He also planted the first kumquats tree in Greece . Merlin is related to the Olympic marksman Gerald Merlin .

Sports

1896

At the Summer Olympics in 1896, he competed in the following disciplines:

discipline	space
Military rifle (200 meters)	10
Pistol (25 meters)	not finished
Military rifle (300 m)	not known
Service revolver (25 m)	not finished

1900

At the Summer Olympics in 1900 he competed in clay pigeon shooting, where he was seventh with 12 points.

1906

At the Olympic interludes in 1906, he competed in the following disciplines:

discipline	space	comment
Free revolver 25 m	12	30 hits, 227 points
Free revolver 50 m	23	29 hits, 177 points
1874 military revolver 20 m	-	not finished
1874 military revolver 200 m	7th	28 hits, 169 points
Military revolver 20 m	16	30 hits, 222 points
Target pistol 20 m	10	30 hits, 207 points
Rapid fire pistol 25 m	7th	23 hits, 103 points
Free rifle 300 m	-	not finished
300 m military rifle	23	30 hits, 175 points
Clay pigeon shooting	3	23 points
Double shot clay pigeons	1	15 points

Web links

Sidney Merlin in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Merlin, Sidney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Merlin, Sidney Louis Walter (full name); Μέρλιν, Σίδνεϋ (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British botanist and marksman
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Piraeus
DATE OF DEATH	1952
Place of death	Athens