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Motorsport - Auto racing, Gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games
Born Emile THUBRON
Anglo-French motorboat racer and Olympic champion
Born on July 15, 1861 in Boldon , United Kingdom
Died on May 22, 1927 in Tokomaru , New Zealand
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Ernest Blakelock Thubron, also known as Émile Thubron (Boldon near Durham 15 July 1861 - 22 May 1927 Tokomaru, New Zealand) was an Anglo-French motorboat racer and Olympic champion.
He won the second running of the Harmsworth Trophy for motor powered boats in 1904 in Trefle-à-quatre. In 1898 Ernest Blakelock Thubron was managing Owner of the Boulac Engine Works, Cairo and in 1906 he was still working as a boat constructor in Egypt.
... Ernest Blakelock Thubron, also known as Émile Thubron (Boldon near Durham 15 July 1861 - 22 May 1927 Tokomaru, New Zealand) was an Anglo-French motorboat racer and Olympic champion.
He won the second running of the Harmsworth Trophy for motor powered boats in 1904 in Trefle-à-quatre. In 1898 Ernest Blakelock Thubron was managing Owner of the Boulac Engine Works, Cairo and in 1906 he was still working as a boat constructor in Egypt.
He competed with his boat Camille in Class A (the open class) at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal. He finished the forty nautical miles in 2:26:53, and Camille was the only boat to finish that race.
He retired to New Zealand. His son was Brigadier Gerald Thubron, OBE and his grandson Colin Thubron the writer.
He won the second running of the Harmsworth Trophy for motor powered boats in 1904 in Trefle-à-quatre. In 1898 Ernest Blakelock Thubron was managing Owner of the Boulac Engine Works, Cairo and in 1906 he was still working as a boat constructor in Egypt.
... Ernest Blakelock Thubron, also known as Émile Thubron (Boldon near Durham 15 July 1861 - 22 May 1927 Tokomaru, New Zealand) was an Anglo-French motorboat racer and Olympic champion.
He won the second running of the Harmsworth Trophy for motor powered boats in 1904 in Trefle-à-quatre. In 1898 Ernest Blakelock Thubron was managing Owner of the Boulac Engine Works, Cairo and in 1906 he was still working as a boat constructor in Egypt.
He competed with his boat Camille in Class A (the open class) at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal. He finished the forty nautical miles in 2:26:53, and Camille was the only boat to finish that race.
He retired to New Zealand. His son was Brigadier Gerald Thubron, OBE and his grandson Colin Thubron the writer.
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