Charles Vigurs

{{Short description|British gymnast (1888–1917)}}

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{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Charles Vigurs

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| full_name = Charles Alfred Vigurs

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|07|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|02|22|1888|07|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Grenay, Pas-de-Calais, France

| discipline = MAG

| country = Great Britain

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1912 Stockholm|Team, European system}}

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Charles Alfred Vigurs (11 July 1888 – 22 February 1917) was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/charles-vigurs-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/charles-vigurs-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020}}

As a member of the British team in 1908, he finished eighth in the team competition. Four years later, he was part of the British team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team European system event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/30184 |title=Charles Vigurs |work=Olympedia |access-date=4 March 2021}}

Vigurs was killed in action at age 28 during the First World War, serving as a private with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment near Grenay. He was buried in the Maroc British Cemetery nearby.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/523671 Vigurs, Charles Alfred], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 28 September 2008{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-date=17 April 2020}}