Charles Leaf

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Olympic medal record
Sailing
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin 6 metre class

Charles Symonds Leaf (13 November 1895 in Marylebone – 19 February 1947) was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1936 he was a crew member of the British boat Lalage which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class. His daughter Freydis went on to be one of the first women to qualify for RAF wings.[1]

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  1. ^ Fountain, Nigel (10 June 2014). "Freydis Sharland obituary". the Guardian.

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