Arthur Downes

Medal record
Sailing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games

Arthur Drummond Downes (23 February 1883, in Kelvinside, Glasgow – 12 September 1956, in Helensburgh) was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Son of a Kelvinside paper merchant, Downes was qualified in medicine (MA, MBChB) at the University of Glasgow; he practiced first at Glasgow, then at Helensburgh for over forty years.^[3]^[4]

He was a crew member of the Scottish boat Hera, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.^[5]

In 1920, Downes married Mary Angela, daughter of merchant James Young of Rockmount, Helensburgh.^[6]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arthur Downes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "Arthur Downes". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ "Sport – Arthur Drummond Downes – Heroes Centre".
^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Arthur Drummond Downes".
^ Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ The Lancet, vol. 196, J. Onwhyn, 1920, p. 225

External links

Arthur Downes at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Arthur Downes at Olympics.com
Arthur Downes at Olympedia

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arthur Downes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[2] "Arthur Downes". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[3] "Sport – Arthur Drummond Downes – Heroes Centre".

[4] "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Arthur Drummond Downes".

[5] Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

[6] The Lancet, vol. 196, J. Onwhyn, 1920, p. 225

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