Laurence Jackson

Laurence Jackson (16 September 1900 in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire – 27 July 1984 in Biggar, South Lanarkshire) was a Scottish curler. He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team that won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

He was the son of fellow gold-medalist Willie Jackson.

See also

Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laurence Jackson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

Olympic champions in men's curling

Demonstration events

1932: Burns, Bowman, Pow, Willis (CAN)
1988: Ramsfjell, Loen, Søgård, Bakke, Meland (NOR)
1992: U. Dick, J. Dick, Hürlimann, Kläy, Däppen (SUI)

Official events

1924: W. Jackson, Welsh, Murray, L. Jackson, Astley (GBR)
1998: Hürlimann, Lörtscher, Müller, Perren, Andres (SUI)
2002: Trulsen, Vågberg, Davanger, Ramsfjell, Nergård (NOR)
2006: Gushue, Nichols, Howard, Korab, Adam (CAN)
2010: Martin, Morris, Kennedy, Hebert, Enright (CAN)
2014: Jacobs, Fry, E. J. Harnden, R. Harnden, Flaxey (CAN)
2018: Shuster, George, Hamilton, Landsteiner, Polo (USA)

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