Charles Winslow

{{short description|South African tennis player}}

{{for|the American physician and diplomat|Charles F. Winslow}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use South African English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Charles Winslow

|fullname = Charles Lyndhurst Winslow

| image = 1912 Charles Winslow.JPG

| caption = Winslow in 1912

| country = South Africa

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leamington, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|9|15|1888|8|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

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| turnedpro = 1907 (amateur tour)

| retired = 1925

| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

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| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1920)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1910)

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| WHCCresult = QF (1912, 1920)

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| WHCCDoublesresult = F (1912)

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games – Tennis}}

{{MedalGold | 1912 Stockholm | Singles}}

{{MedalGold | 1912 Stockholm | Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze| 1920 Antwerp | Singles}}

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Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2533 |title=Charles Winslow |work=Olympedia |access-date=8 June 2021}}

Career

He won two gold medals: men's singles and doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Eight years later, in Antwerp, Winslow won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles event.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-winslow-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-winslow-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Charles Winslow Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-05-13 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Winslow's father Lyndhurst Winslow played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club,Overson, p. 9. while Winslow's son Paul played Test cricket for South Africa.Overson, p. 10.

Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910.{{cite web | url = https://backbayhouses.org/157-beacon/ | title = 157 Beacon | date = 4 July 2013 | publisher = Back Bay Houses | accessdate = 3 September 2018 }} He died on 15 September 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 75.

World Championships finals

=Doubles (1 runner-up)=

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Result

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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss1912style="background:#ebc2af;"|World Hard Court ChampionshipsClay{{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson{{flagicon|GER|1866}} Otto Froitzheim
{{flagicon|GER|1866}} Oscar Kreuzer
6–4, 2–6, 1–6, 3–6

Olympic finals

=Singles (1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal)=

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!Result

!Year

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!style="width:130px"|Opponent

!style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor="Gold" |Gold1912Summer Olympics, StockholmClay{{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6
bgcolor=#cc9966|Bronze1920Summer Olympics, BrusselsClay{{flagicon|GBR}} Noel Turnbullwalkover{{efn|name=bronze|Match for 3rd and 4th place}}

=Doubles (1 gold medal)=

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!Result

!Year

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!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor="gold"|Gold1912Summer Olympics, StockholmClay{{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson{{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Felix Pipes
{{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Arthur Zborzil
4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

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