Edgar Morris Wood Syers (18 March 1863 – 16 February 1946) was a

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figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

who competed in both singles and

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. As a singles skater, he won the bronze medal at the 1899 World Championships. At age 45, he competed with his wife

Madge Syers Florence Madeline "Madge" Syers (''née'' Cave, 16 September 1881 – 9 September 1917) was a British figure skater. She became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all ...

at the 1908 London Summer Olympics, coming in last but winning the bronze as only three pairs competed in this event, became the oldest figure skating Olympic medalist. He was also a figure skating coach.

Results

Men's singles

Pairs

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* 1863 births 1946 deaths Sportspeople from Brighton British male pair skaters British male single skaters English male pair skaters English male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub