Saint-George Ashe

Saint-George Ashe
Personal information
Born	23 May 1871 ; Malta
Died	24 July 1922 (aged 51) ; Hastings , England
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games

Saint George Ashe (23 May 1871 ? 24 July 1922) was a British rower who competed in Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the bronze medal in the single sculls , ^[1] and won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904. ^[2]

Ashe was born in Malta . He was a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1900 was the only rower to represent Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris , France , in his first round heat, Ashe was disqualified after rowing into Raymond-Benoit and capsizing him, due to no one finishing the full course the judges decided to re-run the race, this time Ashe won by seven seconds. ^[3] In the final he was third in single sculls behind Hermann Barrelet and Andre Gaudin but was lucky as he was in fourth place until Louis Prevel fell overboard. ^[4]

He entered the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta seven times and was runner up in 1901 to C V Fox . ^[5] He won the Wingfield Sculls in 1904 beating Arthur Cloutte , and was runner-up in 1905 and 1906 to Harry Blackstaffe . ^[6] In 1898 Ashe had attempted to row across the English Channel , but the weather was unfavorable and after about three miles he started to take in water and was rescued by a tug that was accompanying him. ^[7]

Ashe died aged 51 years old in St Leonards-on-Sea , the verdict of his death was "suicide during temporary insanity" , he was found dead in a house near some gas taps that were switched on. ^[8]

References [ edit ]

^ British Olympic Association St George Ashe
^ "Saint-George Ashe" . Olympedia . Retrieved 27 December 2020 .
^ "International races in Paris" . Pall Mall Gazette . 27 August 1900 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .
^ "Paris Exhibition Regatta" . London Evening Standard . 27 August 1900 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .
^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839?1939
^ Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
^ "Attempt to row across the channel" . Morning Post . 14 September 1898 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .
^ "St George Ashe" . Northampton Mercury . 4 August 1922 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

Buchanan, Ian British Olympians . Guinness Publishing (1991) ISBN 0-85112-952-8
Page, Geoffrey Page Thames Rowing Hear the Boat Sing The history of Thames Rowing Club and Tideway Rowing Kingswood Press (1991) ISBN 0-413-65410-9

External links [ edit ]

Saint George Ashe at World Rowing
Saint George Ashe at Olympics.com
Saint George Ashe at Olympedia
Saint George Ashe at Team GB
St.George ASHE at World Rowing
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "St George Ashe" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[1] British Olympic Association St George Ashe

[2] "Saint-George Ashe" . Olympedia . Retrieved 27 December 2020 .

[3] "International races in Paris" . Pall Mall Gazette . 27 August 1900 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

[4] "Paris Exhibition Regatta" . London Evening Standard . 27 August 1900 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

[5] Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839?1939

[6] Wingfield Sculls Record of Races

[7] "Attempt to row across the channel" . Morning Post . 14 September 1898 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

[8] "St George Ashe" . Northampton Mercury . 4 August 1922 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

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