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Cosmo Duff-Gordon

Full name: Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Weight: 176 lbs (80 kg)
Born: July 22, 1862 in London, Greater London, Great Britain
Died: April 20, 1931 in London, Greater London, Great Britain
Title: 5th Baronet of Maryculter
Affiliations: Amateur Fencing Association
Country: GBR Great Britain
Sport: Fencing

Medals: 1 Silver (1 Total)

Biography

A wealthy Scottish nobleman, Cosmo Duff-Gordon won a silver medal in the 1906 épée team competition. Two years later, he served on the organizing committee of the Olympic fencing events at the Londen Games. In 1912, he was aboard the RMS Titanic on its disastrous maiden voyage, but survived. He was later accused of paying the crew members of his lifeboat not to return to pick up other passengers. This alleged cowardice was widely publicized, but he was cleared of the accusations in a formal inquiry. Duff-Gordon even made it into the 1997 hit movie Titanic as a minor character.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Men's Épée, Team Great Britain GBR 2 Silver

Men's Épée, Team

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result TBW/TD
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout A 1T 1906-04-26 GBR 9, FRA 9 9
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout A 1 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , Mohr (FRA)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout A 2 1906-04-26 de la Falaise (FRA) , Duff-Gordon (GBR)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout A 1 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , Dillon-Kavanagh (FRA)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout A 1 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , d'Hugues (FRA)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout B 2 1906-04-26 FRA 9, GBR 6 6
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout B 1 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , Mohr (FRA)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout B 1 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , de la Falaise (FRA)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout B 2 1906-04-26 Dillon-Kavanagh (FRA) , Duff-Gordon (GBR)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Final Pool Team Bout B NC 1906-04-26 Duff-Gordon (GBR) Not contested, d'Hugues (FRA) Not contested
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Team Bout B 1 GBR 14, BEL 9 14
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Team Bout B 1T Duff-Gordon (GBR) Draw, Cloquet (BEL) Draw
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Team Bout B 1 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , de Montigny (BEL)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Team Bout B 2 Crahay (BEL) , Duff-Gordon (GBR)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Semi-Finals Team Bout B 1T Duff-Gordon (GBR) Draw, Le Hardy de Beaulieu (BEL) Draw
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Round One Team Bout D 1 GBR 9, GER 2 9
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Round One Team Bout D 1 Duff-Gordon (GBR) , Erckrath de Bary (GER)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Round One Team Bout D 2 Casmir (GER) , Duff-Gordon (GBR)
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Round One Team Bout D NC Petri (GER) Not contested, Duff-Gordon (GBR) Not contested
1906 Summer 43 Athina Fencing Great Britain GBR Round One Team Bout D NC Schön (GER) Not contested, Duff-Gordon (GBR) Not contested