Thomas Weston
Thomas Douglas Wynn Weston (* 1885 in Paddington ; † unknown) was a British motorboat driver .
At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 , Weston and Warwick Wright took part on the Sea Dog in the first Olympic motor boating competition in the C-class , which ran over 40 nautical miles. Of six boats that started in one of the three classes, in addition to the Sea Dog, despite four reports, only one more competed in the C class, the Gyrinus by Thomas Thornycroft and the crew members Bernard Redwood and John Field-Richards .
In this class, the boats were only allowed to be seven meters long and weigh a maximum of 800 kilograms. The Gyrinus , the previous day's competition winner, didn't look superior at first, but because the Sea Dog's engine had overheated, it had to give up. They could not prevent the double triumph of the Gyrinus , which finished in the C-Class after 2 hours 28 minutes 26 seconds. Warwick and Weston did not start in the other two classes.
Motor boating never became Olympic again after 1908, so that Thomas Weston remains one of probably only 13 motor boating athletes who took part in the Olympic Games to this day.
Web links
- Thomas Weston in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weston, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weston, Thomas Douglas Wynn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Olympian in motor boating |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paddington |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |