John Field-Richards Explained

John Charles Field-Richards (10 May 1878  - 18 April 1959) was a British Army officer and motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Field-Richards studied at Keble College, Oxford.^[2] He joined the Hampshire Regiment as Second lieutenant on 19 May 1900, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 January 1902.

As a crew member of the Gyrinus he won two gold medals in the only motorboat competition at the Olympics.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: John Field-Richards . Olympedia . 5 April 2021.
2. Web site: Oxonian Olympians . . August 15, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html . September 20, 2012 .