James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (/ˈpɑːmər ˈtɒmkɪnsən/; born James Algernon Tomkinson; 3 April 1915 – 7 January 1952) was a British alpine ski racer who competed in the Winter Olympics in 1936 and 1948. He also competed and won in the Oxford-Cambridge ski race for Oxford, winning in 1935. He was educated at Eton College.
He was the son of James Palmer-Tomkinson, the grandson of James Tomkinson and the father of Charles Palmer-Tomkinson and Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson, also Winter Olympians. He was a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, he finished 14th in the combined, the sole alpine event, at Garmisch, Germany.
Palmer-Tomkinson died at age 36 after a skiing accident in Switzerland.
See also
References
- "University Ski Races". The Times. 28 December 1935.
- "1936 Winter Olympics Results". Olympic.w.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- "Ex-ski champ killed". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 8 January 1952. p. 15.
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