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{{short description|South African tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = Harold Kitson
|fullname               = Harold Austin Kitson
| image                 = Harold Kitson.jpg
| caption               = Kitson in 1912
| country               = South Africa
| residence             = 
| birth_date             = {{birth date|1874|6|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place            = [[Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal|Richmond]], [[Colony of Natal]]{{cn|date=December 2020}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|11|30|1874|6|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Umkomaas]], [[South Africa]]
| height                =
| weight                =
| turnedpro             = 1903<small> (amateur tour)</small>
| retired               = 1914
| plays                 = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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| singlesrecord         = 
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| AustralianOpenresult  = 
| FrenchOpenresult      = 
| Wimbledonresult       = 2R ([[1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1905]], [[1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1908]])
| USOpenresult          = 
| Othertournaments = yes
| WHCCresult = 2R ([[World Hard Court Championships|1912]])
| Olympicsresult              = [[File:Silver medal.svg|20px]] Silver Medal ([[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor singles|1912]])
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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult  =
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult      =
| WimbledonDoublesresult       = QF (1905)
| USOpenDoublesresult          =
| OthertournamentsDoubles = yes
| OlympicsDoublesresult = [[File:Gold medal.svg|20px]] '''Gold Medal''' ([[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor doubles|1912]])
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Tennis]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] | [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] | [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor singles|Singles]]}}
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'''Harry Austin Kitson''' (17 June 1874 &ndash; 30 November 1951) was a male [[tennis]] player from [[South Africa]] who won a gold medal at the men's doubles event at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2521 |title=Harold Kitson |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>

==Tennis career==
Kitson competed in the [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics|singles and doubles events]] at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in London. In the singles event, he had a bye in the first round and lost in straight sets to [[George Caridia]] in the second round. In the doubles, he was partnered by [[Victor Gauntlett (tennis)|Victor Gauntlett]] and reached the quarterfinals, where [[Clement Cazalet]] and [[Charles P. Dixon]] proved too strong.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fourth Olympiad – The Official Report (of) The Olympic Games of 1908|year=1909|publisher=The British Olympic Association|location=London|pages=218–220|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf|author=Theodore Andrea Cook}}</ref> Kitson was more successful at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in Stockholm winning two medals. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event together with [[Charles Winslow|Charles Lindhurst Winslow]], defeating the Austrian team [[Arthur Zborzil]] / [[Fritz Pipes]] in the final. He won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament after losing in the final to his doubles partner in four sets.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fifth Olympiad – The Official Report (of) The Olympic Games of 1912|year=1913|publisher=The Swedish Olympic Committee|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fiftholympiadoff00berg/page/628 628]–639|url=https://archive.org/details/fiftholympiadoff00berg|author=Erik Bergvall}}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/harry-kitson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/harry-kitson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Harold Kitson Olympic Results |access-date=2013-05-13 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref>

Kitson won the [[South African Open (tennis)|South African Championships]] in 1905, 1908, 1911 and 1913 and was runner–up in 1909 and 1910 respectively [[Reginald Doherty]] and [[Anthony Wilding]].

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070827191454/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KITSOHAR01 Olympics profile]
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[[Category:1874 births]]
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[[Category:South African male tennis players]]
[[Category:English emigrants to South Africa]]
[[Category:Olympic tennis players for South Africa]]
[[Category:Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for South Africa]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for South Africa]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in tennis]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Umgungundlovu District Municipality]]
[[Category:White South African people]]