James Palmer-Tomkinson

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (Template:IPAc-en; born James Algernon Tomkinson; 3 April 1915 – 7 January 1952) was a British alpine ski racer who competed in the Winter Olympics in 1936 and 1948. He also competed and won in the Oxford-Cambridge ski race for Oxford, winning in 1935.[1] He was educated at Eton College.

He was the son of James Palmer-Tomkinson, the grandson of James Tomkinson and the father of Charles Palmer-Tomkinson and Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson, also Winter Olympians. He was a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, he finished 14th in the combined, the sole alpine event, at Garmisch, Germany.[2]

Palmer-Tomkinson died at age 36 after a skiing accident in Switzerland.[3]

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