Civil War Olympians

[Sheltowee]

Ran across this article about Will H. Thompson. Served in the 4th Georgia- and later an Olympic athlete.

The article claims he is the only CW vet to win Olympic gold.

But I suspect he is not the only vet to compete. Others?

Seattle's Confederate Olympic Gold Medalist

***The only Civil War soldier to win Olympic Gold***Seattle's Will H. Thompson was the only man to have fought in the Civil War and win an Olympic medal. He didn't just win one. He won a total of three, one gold and two bronze in archery at the 1904 Olympics. As a boy of just 15 years old, he...

www.civilwarseattle.com

 

[Ed Zeppelin]

Ran across this article about Will H. Thompson. Served in the 4th Georgia- and later an Olympic athlete.

The article claims he is the only CW vet to win Olympic gold.

But I suspect he is not the only vet to compete. Others?

Seattle's Confederate Olympic Gold Medalist

***The only Civil War soldier to win Olympic Gold***Seattle's Will H. Thompson was the only man to have fought in the Civil War and win an Olympic medal. He didn't just win one. He won a total of three, one gold and two bronze in archery at the 1904 Olympics. As a boy of just 15 years old, he...

www.civilwarseattle.com

Any idea how old he may have been? The first modern-day Olympics was in 1896.



Sent from my Commodore 64 running Windows 95

 

[Ed Zeppelin]

Any idea how old he may have been? The first modern-day Olympics was in 1896.



Sent from my Commodore 64 running Windows 95

Never mind, I didn't read it all.

 

[lupaglupa]

Though athletes were typically older in the early years of the Olympics than they are now, I'm betting there were few men who competed who had served in the Civil War. It would not surprise me at all to find Thompson was the only one.

 

[Sheltowee]

Though athletes were typically older in the early years of the Olympics than they are now, I'm betting there were few men who competed who had served in the Civil War. It would not surprise me at all to find Thompson was the only one.

Well….. here appears to be another. The claim that this man was the only- perhaps an error.

https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/robert-williams-1

 

[Stryker65]

Well….. here appears to be another. The claim that this man was the only- perhaps an error.

https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/robert-williams-1

Wow! A colonel, too!