Harry Jefferson (9 March 1849 – 23 June 1918) was a British sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Jefferson took the gold in the second race of the 3 to 10 ton.
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| Full name | Harry Wyndham Jefferson | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1849 Mumbai, Company Raj | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 June 1918 (aged 69) Alcombe, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | 3 to 10 ton | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1885, Jefferson set up the stock-jobbing firm Wedd Jefferson in partnership with George Wedd.[1]
References edit
- ^ "Harry Jefferson". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
External links edit
- Harry Jefferson at Olympedia
- Harry Jefferson at Team GB
- "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports" (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale. 1901. pp. 399–430. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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