Charles Leaf

Charles Symonds Leaf (13 November 1895 in Marylebone – 19 February 1947) was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Olympic medal record
Sailing
Gold medal – first place1936 Berlin 6 metre class

In 1936 he was a crew member of the British boat Lalage which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class. His daughter Freydis went on to be one of the first women to qualify for RAF wings.[2]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Leaf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. Fountain, Nigel (10 June 2014). "Freydis Sharland obituary". the Guardian.


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