Olympic medal record
Men's Water motorsports
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Class B
Gold medal – first place 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.

  1. ↑ "John Field-Richards". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2691.


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