Geoffrey Norman Edward Hall-Say (27 April 1864 – 21 January 1940) 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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. He won the bronze medal in the

special figures Special figures were a component of figure skating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like compulsory figures, special figures involved tracing patterns on the ice with the blade of one ice skate. This required the skater to display sign ...

event at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

and became one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. This was the only year in which special figures was an Olympic event. Fellow Brit Arthur Cumming won the silver.

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British medal winners, 1908 Olympics

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* * 1864 births 1940 deaths British male single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century British sportsmen {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub