George Stuart Robertson (May 25 1872 – January 29 1967) was a British athlete, tennis player, and classical scholar. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Robertson had been educated at the University of Oxford, where he had won the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1894 and an Oxford Blue for hammer throwing. In 1896, he saw an advertisement in the window of a London travel agent, and later explained "Greek classics were my proper academic field, so I could hardly resist a go at the Olympics, could I?" Robertson paid £11 to travel to Athens for the inaugural modern games. On arrival there, he was dismayed to find that hammer throwing, the discipline he was most proficient in, was not to be competed in at the games. However, in the spirit of amateurism he entered for the shot putt and the discus instead.

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  • George Stuart Robertson (May 25 1872 – January 29 1967) was a British athlete, tennis player, and classical scholar. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Robertson had been educated at the University of Oxford, where he had won the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1894 and an Oxford Blue for hammer throwing. In 1896, he saw an advertisement in the window of a London travel agent, and later explained "Greek classics were my proper academic field, so I could hardly resist a go at the Olympics, could I?" Robertson paid £11 to travel to Athens for the inaugural modern games. On arrival there, he was dismayed to find that hammer throwing, the discipline he was most proficient in, was not to be competed in at the games. However, in the spirit of amateurism he entered for the shot putt and the discus instead. In the discus throw, he came fourth, with a distance of 25.20 metres; the worst result ever recorded in the Olympics discus. In the singles tennis tournament, Robertson was defeated in the first round by Konstantinos Paspatis of Greece. This put him in a six-way tie for eighth (last) in the field of thirteen competitors. In the tennis doubles, Robertson partnered the Australian Edwin Flack. The pair received a bye in the first round, advancing them to the semi-finals and guaranteeing them a top three place before they had played a game. They lost their semifinal match to Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt and Demetrios Petrokokkinos of Greece, finishing third. Robertson is also remembered for his performance in the ceremony which followed the games, when he recited an ode to athletic prowess which he had composed in Ancient Greek. (en)
  • George Stuart Robertson – (ur. 25 maja 1872 – zm. 29 stycznia 1967) – brytyjski lekkoatleta i tenisista, uczestnik letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich w 1896 w Atenach.W rzucie dyskiem Robertson zajął czwarte miejsce z wynikiem 25,20 metrów.W tenisowym turnieju singlowym przegrał w pierwszej rundzie z Konstantinosem Paspatisem . Zajął więc ósme miejsce wśród trzynastu zawodników wraz z pięcioma innymi graczami.W turnieju deblowym występował w parze z Teddym Flackiem . Tu otrzymali wolny los, który dał im awans do półfinałów i miejsce medalowe zanim rozegrali swój pierwszy mecz. Ostatecznie zajęli miejsce trzecie zdobywając brązowy medal po porażce z parą Dionysios Kasdaglis i Demetrios Petrokokkinos . (pl)
  • Джордж Стюарт Робертсон (англ. George Stuart Robertson, 25 мая 1872 года — ?) — британский легкоатлет и теннисист, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1896. На играх, Робертсон участвовал в двух видах спорта — в лёгкой атлетике и в теннисе. В лёгкой атлетике, он участвовал только в метании диска. Он занял четвёртое место, метнув снаряд на 25,20 м. Однако основным его амплуа был теннис. В одиночном разряде, он, играя в первом раунде, проиграл греку Константиносу Паспатису. Однако в парном турнире, соревнуясь в паре с австралийцем Тедди Флэком, они сразу вышли в полуфинал (потому что не было соперников в четвертьфинале), обеспечив себе медаль. Проиграв паре греков Дионисиоса Касдаглиса и Деметриоса Петрококкиноса, они заняли третье место, выиграв по бронзовой медали. (ru)
  • George Stuart Robertson (* 25. Mai 1872; † 29. Januar 1967) war ein britischer Leichtathlet und Tennisspieler. Er studierte an der Oxford University. 1896 nahm er an den 1. Olympischen Spielen der Neuzeit teil. (de)
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  • George Stuart Robertson (May 25 1872 – January 29 1967) was a British athlete, tennis player, and classical scholar. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Robertson had been educated at the University of Oxford, where he had won the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1894 and an Oxford Blue for hammer throwing. In 1896, he saw an advertisement in the window of a London travel agent, and later explained "Greek classics were my proper academic field, so I could hardly resist a go at the Olympics, could I?" Robertson paid £11 to travel to Athens for the inaugural modern games. On arrival there, he was dismayed to find that hammer throwing, the discipline he was most proficient in, was not to be competed in at the games. However, in the spirit of amateurism he entered for the shot putt and the discus instead. (en)
  • George Stuart Robertson – (ur. 25 maja 1872 – zm. (pl)
  • Джордж Стюарт � обертсон (англ. George Stuart Robertson, 25 мая 1872 года — ?) — британский легкоатлет и теннисист, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1896. (ru)
  • George Stuart Robertson (* 25. Mai 1872; � 29. Januar 1967) war ein britischer Leichtathlet und Tennisspieler. Er studierte an der Oxford University. (de)
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  • George S. Robertson (en)
  • George Stuart Robertson (fr)
  • George Stuart Robertson (pl)
  • Робертсон, Джордж (ru)
  • George Stuart Robertson (de)
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