John Field-Richards
British motorboat racer
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1908 London | Class B | |
1908 London | Class C |
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.[3]
As crew member of the Gyrinus he won two gold medals in the only motorboat competitions at the Olympics.
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