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Archery At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's Double National Round
The women's double National round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.Official Report, pp. 100–01. Great Britain was the only nation to send female archers, ensuring that they swept this event. Queenie Newall, at 53 years of age, set a record for oldest female Olympic gold medalist. Lottie Dod took second place, not quite matching her brother William Dod's gold medal finish in the men's York round. Beatrice Hill-Lowe took bronze. NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each.Official Report, p. 33. Twenty-five archers only from Great Britain competed. Background This was the second and final appearance of the event; it was previously held in 1904. Alice Legh won 23 national championships from 1886 to 1922 and "almost certainly wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White City Stadium
White City Stadium was a stadium located in White City, London, England. Built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, it hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and other sports like swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 World Cup. From 1927, it was a venue for greyhound racing, hosting the English Greyhound Derby until its closure in 1984. The stadium was demolished in 1985 and the site is now occupied by White City Place. History Designed by the engineer J. J. Webster and completed in 10 months by George Wimpey, on part of the site of the Franco-British Exhibition, this stadium with a seating capacity of 68,000 was opened by King Edward VII on 27 April 1908 after the first stanchion had been placed in position by Lady Desborough on 2 August 1907. The cost of construction was £60,000. Upon completion, the stadium had a running track and three laps to the mile (536 m); outside there was a , cycle track. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenie Newall
Sybil Fenton Newall (17 October 1854 – 24 June 1929), best known as Queenie Newall, was an English people, English archery, archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. Great Britain did not win another women's archery medal at the Olympics until 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004. She joined the Cheltenham Archers club in 1905, and was national champion on two occasions in 1911 and 1912. Biography Sybil "Queenie" Fenton Newall was born in Hare Hill House, Littleborough, Rochdale (part of her father's estate) on 17 October 1854. In 1905, along with her sister Margaret, she joined the local Cheltenham archery club. By 1907 she had won four of the five regional meetings. She took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in White City Stadium, White City, London. The expected winner of the Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's double National round, women's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottie Dod
Charlotte Dod (24 September 1871 – 27 June 1960) was an English multi-sport athlete, best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only 15 in the summer of 1887. She remains the youngest ladies' singles champion. In addition to tennis, Dod competed in many other sports, including golf, field hockey, and archery. She also won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, played twice for the England women's national field hockey team (which she helped to found), and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in archery. The ''Guinness Book of Records'' has named her as the most versatile female athlete of all time, together with track and field athlete and fellow golf player Babe Zaharias. Early life Dod was born on 24 September 1871 in Bebington, Cheshire, the youngest of four children to Joseph and Margaret Dod. Joseph, from Liverpool, had made a fortune in the cotton trade. The family was weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Hill-Lowe
Beatrice Geraldine Hill-Lowe (26 January 1869 – 2 July 1951) was an Irish archer who represented Britain. She was born in County Louth, Ireland. She was the first Irishwomen to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... Career Beatrice Hill Lowe is most recognised for her success in the 1908 Olympic games. Having grown up in the privileged house hold of Ardee House County Louth, Beatrice was exposed to the luxury of playing sport. It is unknown how Beatrice began playing sport however, she definitely had access to the funds to support her interest. In 1908 Archery was the only sport available to women, in which they could take part in the Olympic games. The reason archery was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1904 Summer Olympics – Women's Double National Round
The women's double National round event was part of the Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics, archery programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, 20 September 1904. Six archers, all from the host United States, competed. The event was won by Matilda Howell, the second of her three gold medals in the 1904 archery competitions. Emma Cooke and Jessie Pollock earned silver and bronze, respectively. The three women had finished in the same positions a day earlier in the Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Women's double Columbia round, double Columbia round event. Background This was the first appearance of the event; it would be held only once more, in 1908. The 1904 Olympic archery events were part of the 26th Grand Annual Target Meeting of the National Archery Association, with competition open to international competitors though none actually competed. It was thus largely an American national championship, though the International Olympic Commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. History Origins and ancient archery The oldest known evidence of the bow and arrow comes from South African sites such as Sibudu Cave, where the remains of bone and stone arrowheads have been found dating approximately 72,000 to 60,000 years ago.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell L, Bradfield J, Carlson KJ, Jashashvili T, Wadley L, d'Errico F.(2018). The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were contested. Great Britain sent 41 archers (25 female and 16 male), France sent 15 men, and the United States sent one man. Medal summary Participating nations 57 archers from 3 nations competed. * * * Medal table References Sources * Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908). * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically a {{coord, 51.5136, N, 0.2274, E, source:wikidata, display=title Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Summer Olympics events Archery at the Summer Olympics, 1908 1908 in archery International archery competitions hosted by the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dod
William Dod (18 July 1867 – 8 October 1954) was a British archer. He won the gold medal in the men's double York round at the 1908 Summer Olympics on his 41st birthday. William Dod was born in Bebington, Cheshire, a descendant of Sir Anthony Dod of Edge, who was knighted at the Battle of Agincourt by King Henry V. It has been claimed that Sir Anthony was in command of the English archers although this must be an exaggeration as Sir Thomas Erpingham is universally credited with having overall command. William was educated at home by private tutors and his family fortune, gathered from the cotton trade, meant that he never had to work for a living. He indulged his passion for the sporting life as both a scratch golfer and a big game hunter. He took up archery at the home of the Legh family, who had an estate close to the Dods in Cheshire and were one of the greatest names in the sport. Neither Dod nor his sister Lottie took part in competitive archery until they moved fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Double York Round
The men's double York round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 288 arrows each over the two rounds of 144. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.Official Report, pp. 100–01. William Dod won the competition to best his sister Lottie Dod's result; she won the silver medal in the women's competition. Dod's victory was "pretty clear" by the end of the 80-yard portion of the second round, with him having established a significant lead with only 24 arrows left at 60 yards.Official Report, p. 101. The United States' only archer won a bronze medal in this competition, preventing Great Britain from sweeping this event as they did the women's competition and France did the Continental-style event. Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Legh
Alice Blanche Legh (1855 – 3 January 1948) was a famous British archer. She has been called "the greatest British woman archer of all-time" and "the greatest British archer ever". From 1881 to 1922, she won the national ladies' archery championship twenty-three times. In 1908, she declined to compete at the London Olympics in order to prepare for her defense of the national title a week later. She successfully defended the title against Queenie Newall, the Olympic gold medal winner, by a large margin. She held the title for a record eight consecutive years between 1902 and 1909. The only international competition she is known to have participated in is a contest at Le Touquet in 1905, although the opportunity was open to her on several occasions. She retired from archery in 1922 at the age of sixty-seven. Legh died at Resthaven nursing home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, on 3 January 1948. She is buried at Minchinhampton Minchinhampton is an ancient Cotswolds market town in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Continental Style
The men's Continental style was one of three archery events on the Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was held on 20 July. NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.Official Report, p. 33. Just as the British dominated the York round archery, the French dominated the Continental-style. The one Briton to formally enter placed 12th, while the American placed 15th. However, "several" of the British archers who had competed in the double York round event also joined in the shooting for this event without competing for medals. One, Robert Backhouse, shot a score of 260. He received a Diploma of Merit for the accomplishment, which would have earned a silver medal had he been shooting in competition.Official Report, pp. 101–02. The report says that there were "four shooters at each target, of which there were seven," suggesting a total of 28 men participated. Setting aside the 17 formal competitors and Backhouse, this leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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