Louis Baillon
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Men's field hockey | ||
1908 London | Team competition |
Louis Charles Baillon (born 5 August 1881 in Fox Bay, Falkland Islands — died 9 September 1965 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire) is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1] He is the only Falkland Islander to become an Olympic champion.
References
- ^ "Great Olympians". Skynet. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- 1881 births
- 1965 deaths
- English field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Falkland Islands sportspeople
- People from Brixworth
- People from Fox Bay
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- English Olympic medallists
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Falkland Islands stubs
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs
- English field hockey biography stubs