John Mary Pius Boland 16 09 1870 17

John Mary Pius Boland 16. 09. 1870 -17. 03. 1958 Liis Kiiver Türi Gümnaasium

Who was John Boland? n n n The first Olympic winner in tennis Irish politican Barrister-at-law

General Secretary of the Catholic Truth Society n Member of the Commission for the foundation of the National University of Ireland n Father of five daughters n

The Olympics at Athens in 1896 Boland went as a spectator n His friend from Greek- Manos (secretary of the organizing committee ) entered him in the tennis tournament Games n Games started Wendsday, March 27, 1986 n 15 competitors took part n

The singles In the first round he defeated Friederch Tarun of Germany n In the second ring - Evangelos Rallis of Greece n In the semifinals - Konstantinos Paspatis of Greece n In the final - Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt n

The doubles: n n n He entered into the doubles event with Tarun They defited Aristidis and Konstantinos Akratopulous of Greece in the first round In the final - Demetrios Petrkokkinod of Greece and Kasdaglis

The route to success First intrest in tennis - Catholic University School n First tennis teachers - Father Watters, Father Morris and Father Doherty n Catholic University School London University Christ College, Oxford n He also studied in Bonn, Germany (member of Bavaria Bonn) n

At Oxford he continued to play tennis n Member of Oxford Union n 1894 - he invited Thrasyvoalos Manos to speak at one of the Union meetings n They became friends n March 1986 - Boland visited Manos in Greek n

They played few friendly match of tennis n Manos entered Boland to Games n John represented Great Britain n

Life after Olympics He became politican n Member of Parlament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland n 1900 -1918 member of the Irish party for Shout Kerry n

His famous friends Tim Healy n Joe Devlin n Bonar Law n Winston Churchill n Joe Chamberlain n Stanley Baldwin n Keir Hardie n

Used pages n n n http: //www. sportsreference. com/olympics/athletes/bo/john-piusboland-1. html www. olympic. org http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/John_Pius_Boland http: //www. terracetalkireland. com/profiles/boland. htm http: //www. nationmaster. com/encyclopedia/John. Pius-Boland

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