William Kilgour Jackson (14 March 1871 in
Lamington, South Lanarkshire
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– 26 January 1955 in
Symington) was a
Scottish curler. He was the skip of the
Royal Caledonian Curling Club
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team which won the first
Olympic Gold medal
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in curling at the
inaugural Winter Olympics in
Chamonix
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,
France
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, in 1924.
Jackson ran his family's farm in
Symington. He was one of the top skips in Scotland at the time. He served as vice president of the
Royal Club in 1922–23 and 1931–32 and served as president from 1933–34.
He was the father of fellow gold-medallist
Laurence Jackson.
See also
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Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics
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In February 2006, a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ruled that ...
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1871 births
1955 deaths
Sportspeople from South Lanarkshire
Scottish male curlers
British male curlers
Olympic curlers for Great Britain
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in curling
Curlers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Scottish Olympic medallists
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