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George Thomson Cornet (15 July 1877 – 22 April 1952) was the only Scot in the Great Britain and Ireland water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Inverness and died in Rainhill.[1]

George Cornet

Medal record
Men's water polo
Olympic Games
	1908 London	Team competition
	1912 Stockholm	Team competition

He played as a back for the Inverness Amateurs team that won the Scottish Championship in 1909 and reached four other finals; Cornet represented Scotland a total of 17 times between 1897 and 1912. Cornet also played football and cricket for Inverness teams as well as competing in heavy and track athletics events.

Cornet was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame on the 12 March 2007. He was first married to Barbara Mackintosh who died in childbirth, after which he married her sister Isabella Mackintosh with whom he had a daughter, Ruby.

See also

• Great Britain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

References

External links

Media related to George Thomson Cornet at Wikimedia Commons

• George Thomson Cornet at Olympics.com
• George Thomson Cornet at Olympedia
• George Thomson Cornet at the British Olympic Association
• George Thomson Cornet at Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

На других языках

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- [en] George Cornet

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[it] George Cornet

George Thomson Cornet (Inverness, 15 luglio 1877 – Liverpool, 22 novembre 1952) è stato un pallanuotista britannico, vincitore di due medaglie d'oro alle olimpiadi di Londra 1908 e di Stoccolma 1912.

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[ru] Корнет, Джордж

Джордж Томсон Корнет (англ. George Thomson Cornet; 15 июля 1877 (1877-07-15), Инвернесс — 22 ноября 1952, Ливерпуль) — британский ватерполист, двукратный чемпион летних Олимпийских игр.

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