Charles Vigurs
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Charles Alfred Vigurs (11 July 1888 – 22 February 1917) was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands.[1]
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.[2]
Vigurs was killed in action at age 28 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.[3][4]
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References
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- ↑ Vigurs, Charles Alfred, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 28 September 2008
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- 1888 births
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- British male artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
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- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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