Charles Winslow

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

Career 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.

Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910. He died on 15 September 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 75.

World Championships finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1912 World Hard Court Championships Clay Harold Kitson Otto Froitzheim Oscar Kreuzer 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, 3–6

Olympic finals

Singles (1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal)

Doubles (1 gold medal) ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreGold 1912 Summer Olympics, Stockholm Clay Harold Kitson Felix Pipes Arthur Zborzil 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2