Charles Sands
For people with similar names, see Charlie Sands (disambiguation).
| Full name | Charles Edward Sands | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
December 22, 1865 New York | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
August 9, 1945 (aged 79) Brookville, New York | ||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1887 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF (1894) | ||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (1900) | ||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | QF (1900) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (1900) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charles Edward Sands (December 22, 1865 – August 9, 1945) was an American golfer, tennis and real tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Sports career
In 1900 he won the gold medal in the men's individual golf competition.
Sands also participated as tennis player at the 1900 Olympics. In the singles tournament he was eliminated in the first round. He and his British partner Archibald Warden were also eliminated in the first round of the doubles event. Also the mixed doubles competition ended for him and his partner Georgina Jones after the first round.
Eight years later he was again eliminated in the first round this time from the real tennis tournament.
References
- ↑ "Charles Sands Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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