Albert E. Austin

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlbert Edison•Austin
Used nameAlbert E.•Austin
Born1 November 1888 in Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN)
Died5 February 1913 in Al-Qahira (Cairo), Al-Qahira (EGY)
Measurements180 cm
AffiliationsLambton Golf and Country Club, Toronto (CAN)
NOC Canada

Biography

Stockbroker Albert E. Austin competed in the golf competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics and, along with his father Albert W. and eventual gold medal-winner George Lyon, was one of only three Canadians among a field of 72 American competitors at the tournament. His score of 211 was better than his father’s 230, but still a far shot from the qualifying number of 183. Although born in Winnipeg, a city where his father had set up the country’s first commercial electric street railways system, he returned to his father’s native Toronto in 1892. He donated many of his personal pictures and documents to the City of Toronto Archives. Albert E. Austin died quite young from tuberculosis.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1904 Summer Olympics Golf CAN Albert E. Austin
Individual, Men (Olympic) DNQ
Individual, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) 2
Individual, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) =12
Individual, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) =9
Individual, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) 1

Olympic family relations