Sands, Charles

Charles Edward Sands ( eng. Charles Edward Sands ; December 22, 1865 , New York - August 9, 1945 , Brookville ) - American golfer , tennis player and de pomist , champion of the 1900 Summer Olympics .

At the 1900 Games in Paris, Sands participated in men's single-player golf competitions, in which, with a score of 167 points, won first place.

At the same Games he took part in three tennis tournaments. In single, he left the first round already, losing to Briton Harold Mahoney 6: 2, 6: 3. In doubles, he played with Briton Archibald Warden , and they immediately lost in the quarterfinals to the American Basil de Garmendia and the Frenchman Max Dekyuzhi with a score of 6: 3, 7: 5. In the mixed tournament, Sands played with American Georgeina Jones, but they lost in the first round to a pair of American Marion Jones and Briton Lawrence Doherty with a score of 6: 1, 7: 5.

After 8 years, at the Games in London , Sands competed in the same de pome. However, he came out of the first round, losing to Briton Eustace Miles with a score of 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 3.