Saint George Ashe
Olympic athlete
1871 – 1922
Who was Saint George Ashe?
Saint George Ashe was a British rower who competed in Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the bronze medal in the single sculls, and won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904.
Ashe was born in Malta. He was a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1900 was the only rower to represent Britain at the Paris Summer Olympic games. He was third in single sculls behind Hermann Barrelet and André Gaudin. He entered the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta seven times and was runner up in 1901 to C V Fox. He won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904 beating Arthur Cloutte, and was runner-up in 1905 and 1906 to Harry Blackstaffe.
Ashe died at Hastings at the age of 49.
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- Born
- May 23, 1871
- Also known as
- Saint-George Ashe
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Jul 24, 1922
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on July 23, 2013
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