George Wilkinson (water polo) explained

George Wilkinson
National Team:Great Britain
Birth Date:3 March 1879
Birth Place:Manchester
Death Place:Hyde, Greater Manchester
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Country:Great Britain
Sport:Water polo
Position:Captain (1904)
Team:Hyde Seal team, Manchester

George Wilkinson (3 March 1879  - 7 August 1946) was an English water polo player who competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain.[1] He was in the Hyde Seal team when he won the Olympics. Hyde Seal are a Manchester team. He was part of the British water polo team and won two gold medals. The International Olympic Committee credits him with a third gold medal from the 1900 Games, but this is incorrect as he was in England during the tournament.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Wilkinson . Olympedia . 12 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Gjerde . Arild . Jeroen Heijmans . Bill Mallon . Hilary Evans . Water Polo at the 1900 Paris Summer Games . Olympics . Sports Reference.com . December 2016 . 7 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404060952/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/WAP/mens-water-polo.html . 4 April 2016 .