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Charles Winslow

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Country (sports)
  
RSA

Turned pro
  
1907 (amateur tour)


Retired
  
1925

Name
  
Charles Winslow

Charles Winslow

Full name
  
Charles Lyndhurst Winslow

Born
  
1 August 1888 Leamington, England (
1888-08-01
)

Died
  
15 September 1963(1963-09-15) (aged 75) Johannesburg, South Africa

Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa. 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.

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

References

Charles Winslow Wikipedia