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British motorboat racer
John Field-Richards
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British motorboat racer
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Place of birth
Penzance, Cornwall, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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80 years
Education
Keble College
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John Charles Field-Richards (10 May 1878 – 18 April 1959) was a British Army officer and motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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Field-Richards studied at Keble College, Oxford. He joined the Hampshire Regiment as Second lieutenant on 19 May 1900, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 January 1902.
As crew member of the Gyrinus he won two gold medals in the only motorboat competitions at the Olympics.
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