Chris Mackintosh

Not to be confused with Chris McIntosh.

Chris Mackintosh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born31 October 1903
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died12 January 1974 (aged 70)
Haddington, Scotland
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRugby Union / Bobsleigh / long jump
ClubUniversity of Oxford
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1938 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man

Charles Ernest Whistler Mackintosh also known as Chris Mackintosh (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish rugby union internationalist, athlete, skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1938 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Mackintosh also became Chairman of the Henry Lunn Alpine Tours company (part of the Lunn Poly group) and President of both the Downhill Only Ski Club Wengen (1958-1964) and the Amateur Inter-Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club.

Career

Mackintosh competed in skiing from 1923 to 1933.

mackintosh finished second behind Harold Abrahams in the long jump event at the 1924 AAA Championships.[1][2][3] Shortly afterwards he was selected for the British team at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he finished sixth in the men's long jump event.[4] He also won the Inferno ski race, the third time it was held.

Personal life

He married Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton, daughter of Duke Alfred Douglas-Hamilton and his wife, the animal welfare activist Nina Poore. Chris and Jean's four children, Sheena Mackintosh, Vora Mackintosh, Douglas Mackintosh, and Charlach Mackintosh all represented Great Britain in skiing events in the Winter Olympics.

his surname was derived from Chris's paternal grandfather, Aeneas John Mackintosh and great-grandfather John McIntosh. Aeneas was a picture-framer from Bethnal Green, London who worked for and married Marie Anna Rochefort. Her framing business traded as "Marian Rochefort".

References

  1. ^ "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Chris Mackintosh". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.