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Tennis At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Outdoor Doubles
The outdoor men's doubles competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics was part of the Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics, tennis program for the games. There were 42 players from 10 nations, comprising 21 teams. Nations were limited to 4 pairs (8 players) each.Official Report, p. 65. The event was won by South African team Harold Kitson and Charles Winslow, defeating Austrians Felix Pipes and Arthur Zborzil in the final. It was the first medal in the event for both nations. France earned its first men's double since 1900 as Albert Canet and Édouard Mény de Marangue defeated Jaroslav Just and Ladislav Žemla of Bohemia in the bronze-medal match. Background This was the fifth appearance of the men's doubles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. A demonstration event was held in 1968. 1912 was the second and last time an indoor version was held concurrently. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östermalms IP
Östermalms IP is a sports venue, sports ground located in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Completed in 1906, the facility played host to several sports during the 1912 Summer Olympics. These sports included Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics, equestrian, Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics, fencing (including the part for the Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon), and Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics, tennis. It also hosted the exhibition for Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics, baseball at those same games. Current tenants are the bandy department of Djurgårdens IF Bandy, Djurgårdens IF, the youth program of the said club's Djurgårdens IF Fotboll, football department and several lower league teams. The athletic grounds also hosts a speed skating rink during winter. The ice hockey rink was completed for the 1926–1927 season. References1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 218–20. - accessed 8 July 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leó Von Baráth
Leó von Baráth (born 9 June 1891, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... References External links * * * 1891 births Year of death missing Hungarian male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Hungary Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Budapest {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Kreuzer
Oscar Kreuzer (; 14 June 1887 – 3 May 1968) was a male tennis and rugby player from Germany. Biography Kreuzer was born at Frankfurt am Main on 14 June 1887. He played at the 1908 Summer Olympics and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden where he won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. In 1912, he also reached the final at the World Hard Court Championships at Paris which he lost to his compatriot Otto Froitzheim. At Wimbledon, he reached his best result in 1913 where he advanced to the semifinals before being stopped by Stanley Doust. Besides tennis, Kreuzer also excelled at rugby. He won the German championships with his club SC 1880 Frankfurt in 1910, and played several caps for Germany. At the end of July 1914, he and Otto Froitzheim played the semifinal of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge at Pittsburgh against Australasia. When World War I broke out, the president of the local tennis club kept this from Froitzheim and Kreuzer as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Froitzheim
Otto Froitzheim (; 24 April 1884 – 27 October 1962) was a German tennis player. He won the singles and doubles titles at the World Hard Court Championships in 1912. He also won an Olympic Silver medal in singles in 1908 and was a finalist at Wimbledon in 1914. Biography Froitzheim was born in Strasbourg, then part of the German Empire, on 24 April 1884. His father worked as a teacher at the local lyceum and his mother was the daughter of a doctor from the Rhineland. During his childhood, he practised several sports including athletics, swimming, ice skating and football. At the age of 16, he began playing tennis. After graduating from school with the Abitur in 1901, Froitzheim began to study law at the University of Strasbourg. In 1902, he interrupted his studies for one year and served at the 138th infantry regiment at Strasbourg. In autumn 1903, following his military service, he continued his studies at the University of Bonn. In 1904, he passed the first law examinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Robětín
Karel Fuchs-Robětín (, 25 January 1889 – 14 October 1941) was a Czech tennis and ice hockey player. He competed for Bohemia in tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Early life and family Fuchs-Robětín was born 25 January 1889 in Prague to aristocrat Robert Fuchs, proprietor of the paper mill ''Böhmisch-Kamnitzer Papierfabriken Robert Fuchs'' in Kamenice and the ''Holzstoff– und Papierfabrik Robert Fuchs'' in Haunoldmühle. The company exported paper products worldwide to South America, India, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Middle East and Australia. His father was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown third class. Later for his philanthropic ventures Emperor Franz Josef I also granted him the title of noble, which allowed him to bear the name Robettin (in Czech: Robětín), Roděk or Roněk, compounded with the German prefix "Fuchs Edler von Robbetin", and also a coat of arms. Karel's mother was Hermine von Poster, daughter of the factory owner and wholesaler from Budap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kodl
Jiří Kodl (3 April 1889 – 29 October 1955) was a Czech tennis player. He competed for Bohemia in the men's outdoor singles event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a f ... for Bohemia at the 1912 Games. . Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 13 May 2013. References 1889 births 1955 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Rovsing
Ludvig Leif Sadi Rovsing, née Qvist (27 July 1887 – 17 June 1977) was a Danish tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... As an openly gay man, he was excluded by Danish sports authorities who banned his participation in several sport tournaments. References 1887 births 1977 deaths Danish male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Denmark Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Copenhagen Danish LGBT sportspeople {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hansen
Victor Hansen (29 August 1889 – 6 March 1974) was a Danish jurist, entomologist and tennis player. As an entomologist he specialized in the beetles and is best known for his contributions to the beetle volumes of the ''Danmarks Fauna'' series. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... Hansen studied law after going to the Metropolitanskolen and graduating in 1913 he joined the law ministry in 1915. He became a senior judge in 1941 and retired in 1959. Collecting beetles from the age of 22, he pursued entomology in his spare time throughout his life. His first publication was on the Danish Scydmaenidae (1911) and over his lifetime, he published numerous papers and 23 volumes on beetles in the series ''Danmarks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Blanchy
François Joseph Marie Antoine Blanchy, best known as François Blanchy (; 12 December 1886 – 2 October 1960) was a tennis player competing for France. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics. Career Runner-up to Maurice Germot in the singles final of the Amateur French Championships in 1910, Blanchy eventually won the title in 1923 over eight-time champion Max Decugis. He also won the doubles title at the tournament in 1923, partnering Jean Samazeuilh. Blanchy later became a sports official, directing the Villa Primrose (Bordeaux tennis club), and the French Tennis Federation The French Tennis Federation (french: Fédération française de tennis, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognised by the .... References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanchy, Francois 1886 births 1960 deaths French Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Alenitsyn
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsyn (, 29 November 1884 – 5 October 1922) was a Russian tennis player. He competed in the men's outdoor doubles event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He committed suicide in prison in 1922 after being arrested and tortured by Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ... authorities for "having contacts with other countries". References External links * 1884 births 1922 suicides Russian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Russia Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Moscow Russian people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Soviet detention Suicides in Moscow People who committed suicide in prison custody Russian torture victims Suicides in the Soviet Union 1922 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
Count Mikhail Nikolayevich Sumarokov-Elston ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Сумароков-Эльстон, p=mʲɪxɐˈil nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ sʊmɐˈrokəf ˈelʲstən french: link=no, Michel de Soumarokoff-Elston; 1893 or 18943 July 1970) was a Russian tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Apart from his supremacy in the Russian national championships he was a Maltese champion and various French Riviera titleholder. Early life and family Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston was born in 1893 to Count Nicholai Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston reserve Lieutenant of the Cavalry Regiment and Countess Sofia Mikhaylovna Koskul. He was the great-great-great-great-grandson of poet Alexander Sumarokov and the great-great-grandson of Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov. He was the nephew of tennis player Count Pavel Sumarokov-Elston, who was his first coach and doubles partner, grandson of Count-General Felix Sumarokov-Elston, Governor of Kuban Oblast, and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
