Freddie Tomlins
{{Short description|British figure skater}}
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| name = Freddie Tomlins
| image = 1939 Worlds Freddie Tomlins.jpg
| caption = Tomlins performing an inside edge spread eagle at the 1939 World Championships
| fullname = Frederick William Edwin Tomlins
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lambeth, London, England
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|6|20|1919|8|5|df=y}}
| death_place = Bay of Biscay
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{{MedalCountry| {{GBR}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's Figure skating}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1939 Budapest|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1939 London|Men's singles}}
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Frederick William Edwin Tomlins (5 August 1919 – 20 June 1943) was a British figure skater. He was the 1939 World silver medalist and European silver medalist. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.
Military service and death
Tomlins served as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.{{CWGC|id=1808898|name=Frederick William Edwin Tomlins|access-date=22 January 2021}} On 20 June 1943, he took part in an anti-submarine mission aboard Armstrong Whitworth Whitley LA814 with Coastal Command.{{Cite web |title=Tomlins, Frederick William Edwin |url=https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/228306 |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=IBBC}} During the mission, the aircraft engaged a U-boat and was shot down in flames with all aboard killed. Tomlins is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Results
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| Event
! 1936 ! 1937 ! 1938 ! 1939 | ||||
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| Winter Olympic Games | align="center" | 10th | |||
| World Championships | align="center" | 5th | align="center" | 5th | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | |
| European Championships | align="center" | 8th | align="center" | 4th | align="center" | 6th | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
References
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/freddie-tomlins-1.html |title=Freddie Tomlins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190200/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/freddie-tomlins-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-18 |url-status=dead}}
- {{Cite web |title=ISU Official Results World Figure Skating Championships |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106211709/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2012}}
- {{Cite web |title=ISU Official Results European Figure Skating Championships |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114013741/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2008 |access-date=31 January 2009}}
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Category:British male single skaters
Category:Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain
Category:Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:World Figure Skating Championships medalists
Category:European Figure Skating Championships medalists
Category:Royal Air Force officers
Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Lambeth
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