Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Water motorsports | ||
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1908 London | Class B |
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1908 London | Class C |
Isaac Thomas "Tom" Thornycroft (22 November 1881 – 6 June 1955) was an English motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain.[1]
He won two gold medals in the only motor boat competitions included in the Olympics as helmsman of the , which was designed by his father Sir John Isaac Thornycroft, after the only other entry in both events failed to complete the course.[2]
He became a yacht designer and helmsman of J Class racing yachts.
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Thornycroft". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Thornycroft Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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- 1881 births
- 1955 deaths
- British motorboat racers
- English Olympic medallists
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- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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