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Great Britain At The 1924 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Based on medal count, this was Great Britain's best ever performance at a Winter Olympic Games until the 2014 games were held in Sochi in Russia. On February 3, Great Britain won two medals on one day. This was not to be bettered until the 2018 games when 3 medals were won on one day. Medallists Bobsleigh Curling Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs Ice hockey Group B The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round. Medal round Results from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round. Speed skating ;Men All-round Distances: 500m; 5000m; 1500m & 10,000m. References * *Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com {{Nations at the 1924 Winter Olympics Nations at the 1924 Winter Olympics 1924 Events January * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Olympic Association
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, the European Youth Olympic Festivals, and at the European Games. BOA members and sporting bodies The British Olympic Association – of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories which do not have their own NOC – competes at all summer, winter and youth Olympics as Great Britain ("Team GB"). Members The association comprises members from the following – * ** ** ** ** Note – Northern Irish athletes can choose whether to compete for Great Britain or for the Republic of Ireland, as they are entitled to citizenship of either nation under the Good Friday Agreement. Crown Dependencies: * * * British Overse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Carruthers
Colin Gordon Carruthers (17 September 1890 – 10 November 1957) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M .... He was born in Ontario, Canada and died in Canada. In 1924 he was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. Four years later he finished fourth with the British team in the 1928 Olympic tournament. His younger brother Eric was also a team member in both competitions. External links * Colin Carruthers at databaseOlympics.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Soher
Rodney Ewart Soher (27 November 1893 – 25 January 1983) was a British bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Personal life Soher shared a home in Beverly Hills with actor Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won th .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 *Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Richardson (bobsledder)
Major General Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun Richardson (11 May 1887 – 22 July 1964) was a British Army officer and bobsledder who competed during at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Richardson was born at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. He served in the First World War in the Bedfordshire Regiment reaching the rank of Major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Richardson was a member of the four-man bobsled team with Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold und Rodney Soher who won silver medal in the 1924 Winter Olympics. From 1930 until his retirement in 1931 Richardson was Commanding Officer 4th Battalion Royal Tank Corps. He was recalled in 1938 and became Commanding Officer 84th Anti-Aircraft Brigade. From 1940 to 1941 he was Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade and then became Director-General Armoured Fighting Vehicles at the War Office He became Brigadier General Staff 2nd Army in 1942 and in 1943 Chief of Staff 18th Army Group, Tunisia and then Chief of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Broome
Lieutenant colonel Ralph Howard Broome (5 July 1889 – 25 January 1985) was a British Army officer and bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He was born in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India, and died in Poole, Dorset, England.SR Olympic SportRetrieved 7 January 2017./ref> Honours Broome won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Earlier, Broome had been awarded the Military Cross (1915) and Distinguished Service Order (1918) while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... He retired from the Royal Tank Corps as a lieutenant colonel in 1935. References SourcesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medallists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey At The 1924 Winter Olympics
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, was the second Olympic Championship, also serving as the second World Championships. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924, to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada, represented by the Toronto Granites, defended its championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively, while other contenders included Czechoslovakia, France, and Sweden. The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament. Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round. The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round. This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics, when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Clarkson
George Elliott "Guy" Clarkson (1 January 1891 – 9 October 1974) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France .... He was born in York County, Ontario and died in London. In 1924 he was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. Biography Guy Clarkson was a graduate of the University of Toronto but, having graduated in 1913, he was from an earlier generation of hockey players than the Toronto team that represented Canada in the 1924 Olympics. Clarkson moved to England to study chemistry at the University of Leeds and soon became one of the foremost players in the country. After service in World War One, he returned to playing and was a member of an unofficial British tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Holmes
Geoffrey Holmes (19 February 1894, Toronto– 7 May 1964, Woking) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. Holmes attended the Royal Military College of Canada, graduating after taking a break to serve in the British Army in World War I. He returned to England, where he captained the Army's ice hockey team. He went on to become a pioneer missionary in East Africa, running an Anglican mission in Rwanda for several years. He was later ordained as a vicar. He was awarded the Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC i ... for his service in 1918. Notes References 1894 births 1964 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Anderson (ice Hockey)
William Harding Anderson (1 April 1901 – 23 February 1983) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France .... He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, England in 1901. His father, William Anderson, set up 'Hall and Anderson' in Calcutta (now called Kolkata) along with his partner, P.N. Hall. This was one of the first department stores in India. His mother, Elizabeth Harding (originally from Nantwich), was a dressmaker there. They were married in 1892 in India, but came back to England briefly for Elizabeth to give birth before their return to India. William was a rarity on the 1924 Great Britain ice hockey team in that he was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Jukes
Hamilton Dawson Jukes (28 May 1895 – 8 January 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics with the British team. Biography Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. After being Military discharge, invalidated out of the army in 1917, he settled in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before starting work as an engineer in the oil industry in Colombia and Peru for 25 years. He and his family moved to Escondido, California in late 1948. Jukes died by suicide in Escondido, California in 1951. Jukes and his wife Margaret had two sons, Hamilton Dawson Jr. and John Frederick. References 1895 births 1951 suicides 1951 deaths British people of Canadian descent Canadian ice hockey players Canadian people of British descent Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pitblado
Edward Bruce Pitblado (23 February 1896 – 2 December 1977) was a British-Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Pitblado graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1920. His father, prominent lawyer Isaac Pitblado, was the chairman of the board of governors at the university from 1917 to 1924, and also was co-prosecutor of the seditious conspirators in the Winnipeg General Strike.'Labour / Le Travail' Journal of the Canadian Committee on Labour History"Legal Gentlemen Appointed by the Federal Government": the Canadian State, the Citizens' Committee of 1000, and Winnipeg's Seditious Conspiracy Trials of 1919-1920"/ref> After working briefly for his father's law firm, Pitblado went to the University of Oxford in 1922 on a Rhodes Scholarship. After being part of the 1924 British ice hockey team, he returned to Manitoba and received a law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1926. Pitb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blane Sexton
Blaine Nathaniel Sexton (3 May 1891 – 29 April 1966) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1916 he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and fought in the trenches of France on the Western Front during World War I. After the war he was instrumental in not only expanding Ice Hockey in the United Kingdom but across Europe. Known in Europe as ''B.N.Sexton'' he was inducted into the UK Hockey Hall of fame in 1950. Early life Sexton was born ''Blaine Nathaniel Sexton'' to Mr. and Mrs. John Sexton in Falmouth, Nova Scotia. He was a student at the King's College School where the game of hockey was started.- Total pages: 239 He then started to play for the Windsor Swastikas. World War I With the outbreak of war Sexton joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was posted to the UK as an infantry officer during World War One. While fighting on the western front in France he was wounded twice before being tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
