Geoffrey Holmes (19 February 1894 – 7 May 1964) was a British

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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 A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

. He went on to become a pioneer

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.Patricia Mary St. John, Breath of Life: The story of the Ruanda Mission, Norfolk Press, 1971

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External links

Geoffrey Holmes' profile at databaseOlympics
* 1894 births 1964 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic ice hockey players of Great Britain Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub