John Charles Field-Richards (10 May 1878 – 18 April 1959) was a British

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officer and motorboat racer who competed in the

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Biography

Field-Richards studied at

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. He joined the

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on 19 May 1900, and was promoted to

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on 10 January 1902. As crew member of the ''Gyrinus'' he won two gold medals in the only motorboat competitions at the Olympics.

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1878 births 1959 deaths British motorboat racers Olympic motorboat racers for Great Britain Motorboat racers at the 1908 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Water-sports-bio-stub