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'''Charles "Christopher" MacKintosh''' (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish [[Scotland national rugby union team|rugby union internationalist]], athlete, skier and [[bobsled]]der who competed in the 1920s and 30s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the [[FIBT World Championships 1938|1938 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]].
'''Charles Ernest Whistler Mackintosh''' also known as '''Chris Mackintosh''' (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish [[Scotland national rugby union team|rugby union internationalist]], athlete, skier and [[Bobsleigh|bobsledder]] who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the [[FIBT World Championships 1938|1938 FIBT World Championships]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]. Mackintosh also became Chairman of the Henry Lunn Alpine Tours company (part of the Lunn Poly group) and President of both the Downhill Only Ski Club Wengen (1958-1964) and the Amateur Inter-Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club.

== Career ==
Mackintosh competed in [[skiing]] from 1923 to 1933.

mackintosh finished second behind [[Harold Abrahams]] in the long jump event at the [[1924 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19240621/189/0006 |title=To-day's Athletics|work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=21 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19240623/112/0004 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=23 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAA400H.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref> Shortly afterwards he was selected for the [[Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics|British team]] at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he finished sixth in the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|men's long jump]] event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69271 |title=Chris Mackintosh |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> He also won the Inferno ski race, the third time it was held.

== Personal life ==
He married Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton, daughter of Duke Alfred Douglas-Hamilton and his wife, the animal welfare activist Nina Poore. Chris and Jean's four children, [[Sheena Mackintosh]], [[Vora Mackintosh]], [[Douglas Mackintosh]], and [[Charlach Mackintosh]] all represented Great Britain in skiing events in the Winter Olympics.

his surname was derived from Chris's paternal grandfather, Aeneas John Mackintosh and great-grandfather John McIntosh. Aeneas was a picture-framer from Bethnal Green, London who worked for and married Marie Anna Rochefort. Her framing business traded as "Marian Rochefort".


== References ==
MacKintosh competed in [[skiing]] from 1923 to 1933. He finished sixth in the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump|men's long jump]] at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]]
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==References==
==External links==
*[http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): Long Jump". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Ltd. p.&nbsp;218.
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): Long Jump". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Ltd. p.&nbsp;218.
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/chris-mackintosh-1.html Chris MacKintosh's profile at Sports Reference.com]
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/chris-mackintosh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/chris-mackintosh-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Chris Mackintosh}}
*http://kandahar.org.uk/inter_club_web_site/images/aiic_2011_dho_journal.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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[[it:Chris MacKintosh]]

Latest revision as of 11:03, 3 January 2025

Not to be confused with Chris McIntosh.

Chris Mackintosh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born31 October 1903
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died12 January 1974 (aged 70)
Haddington, Scotland
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRugby Union / Bobsleigh / long jump
ClubUniversity of Oxford
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1938 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man

Charles Ernest Whistler Mackintosh also known as Chris Mackintosh (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish rugby union internationalist, athlete, skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1938 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Mackintosh also became Chairman of the Henry Lunn Alpine Tours company (part of the Lunn Poly group) and President of both the Downhill Only Ski Club Wengen (1958-1964) and the Amateur Inter-Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club.

Career

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Mackintosh competed in skiing from 1923 to 1933.

mackintosh finished second behind Harold Abrahams in the long jump event at the 1924 AAA Championships.[1][2][3] Shortly afterwards he was selected for the British team at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he finished sixth in the men's long jump event.[4] He also won the Inferno ski race, the third time it was held.

Personal life

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He married Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton, daughter of Duke Alfred Douglas-Hamilton and his wife, the animal welfare activist Nina Poore. Chris and Jean's four children, Sheena Mackintosh, Vora Mackintosh, Douglas Mackintosh, and Charlach Mackintosh all represented Great Britain in skiing events in the Winter Olympics.

his surname was derived from Chris's paternal grandfather, Aeneas John Mackintosh and great-grandfather John McIntosh. Aeneas was a picture-framer from Bethnal Green, London who worked for and married Marie Anna Rochefort. Her framing business traded as "Marian Rochefort".

References

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  1. ^ "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Chris Mackintosh". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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