- Charles Vigurs
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Olympic medal record Men's Gymnastics Bronze 1912 Stockholm Team, European system Charles Alfred Vigurs (July 11, 1888 – February 22, 1917) was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
As a member of the British team in 1908 he finished eighth in the team competition.
Four years later he was part of the British team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event.
Vigurs was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment near Grenay. He was buried in the Maroc British Cemetery nearby.[1]
References
- ^ Vigurs, Charles Alfred, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 28 September 2008
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Categories:- 1888 births
- 1917 deaths
- British gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- British Olympic medalist stubs
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