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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] |
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] |
Henry B
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Archery At The Summer Olympics
Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 16 Olympiads. Eighty-four nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 31 times. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 27 out of 39 gold medals in events since 1984. It is governed by the World Archery Federation (WA; formerly FITA). Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics. Summary ;Key Archery events not held Olympic Games not held History The second Olympic games, Paris 1900, saw the first appearance of archery. Seven disciplines in varying distances were contested. At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, six archery events were contested, of which three were men's and three were women's competitions. Team archery was introduced, as was women's archery. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Summer Olympics Events
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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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Gustave Cabaret
Gustave Cabaret (1 November 1866 – 4 April 1918) was a French archery, archer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Cabaret entered the Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round, men's double York round event in 1908, taking 26th place with 191 points. That last-place finish was not repeated in the second event of the men's archery competitions in 1908. Cabaret won the bronze medal in the Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Continental style, Continental style, scoring 255 points to finish 8 behind Eugène Grisot and only 1 behind Louis Vernet (archer), Louis Vernet. References Sources * * External linksGustave Cabaret on databaseOlympics.com 1866 births 1918 deaths Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for France French ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Vernet (archer)
Louis Vernet (5 May 1870 – 19 March 1946) was a French archer. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Vernet entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 20th place with 385 points. His next competition, the Continental style, resulted in Vernet taking second place. His score of 256 points was only 7 below that of the winner, Eugène Grisot Eugène G. Grisot (19 December 1866 – 2 May 1936) was a French archer. He won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Grisot entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 19th place with 410 points. In the .... References Sources * * External links Louis Vernet's profile on databaseOlympics.com 1870 births 1946 deaths Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of France French male archers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Grisot .
Eugène G. Grisot (19 December 1866 – 2 May 1936) was a French archer. He won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Grisot entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 19th place with 410 points. In the Continental style event, he had considerably more success, scoring 263 points over 40 arrows to take 1st place in the event. Twelve years later he was able to win three more medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, References Sources * *External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Brooks-King
Reginald Brooks-King (27 August 1861 – 19 September 1938) was a Welsh archer. He was born in Dixton, Monmouth, Wales, to James Pearce King and Katherine Bagnall. He won the silver medal in the men's double York round at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Brooks-King shot a 393 in the first round of the competition, held in London. This put him in second place, 10 points behind leader William Dod halfway through the event. On the second day of shooting, Brooks-King hit a 375 to take fourth place on the day but second place overall with 768 points, well behind Dod but 8 points ahead of Henry B. Richardson in third. Biography Reginald Brooks-King was one of seven children born to James Pearce King and Katherine Bagnall in Dixton, Monmouth. Reginald was a student at King's College, London, studying engineering and applied sciences from 1880 to 1882. From 1886 to 1887 he was second draughtsman in the drawing office of W.G Bagnall. He married Jessie Bagnall in January 1893 and together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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