Arthur Downes

Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1908 London12 metre

Arthur Drummond Downes (23 February 1883, in Kelvinside, Glasgow – 12 September 1956, in Helensburgh) was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Son of a Kelvinside paper merchant, Downes was qualified in medicine (MA, MBChB) at the University of Glasgow; he practiced first at Glasgow, then at Helensburgh for over forty years.

He was a crew member of the Scottish boat Hera, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.

In 1920, Downes married Mary Angela, daughter of merchant James Young of Rockmount, Helensburgh.

References

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  3. ↑ "Sport – Arthur Drummond Downes – Heroes Centre".
  4. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Arthur Drummond Downes".
  5. ↑ Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ↑ The Lancet, vol. 196, J. Onwhyn, 1920, p. 225