{{Short description|American speed skater (1900–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |image=Charles Jewtraw 1921.jpg | image_size = 260px |caption=Charles Jewtraw in 1921 |birth_date=May 5, 1900 |birth_place= Clinton County, New York, United States |death_date= January 26, 1996 (aged 95) |death_place= Palm Beach, Florida, United States | height = 176 cm | weight = |sport=Speed skating |pb = 500 m – 44.0 (1924)<br>1500 m – 2:31.6 (1924)<br>5000 m – 9:27.0 (1924) |club= Lake Placid Speed Skating Club |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold|1924 Chamonix|500 m}} }} '''Charles Jewtraw''' (May 5, 1900 – January 26, 1996) was an American speed skater, who won the first gold medal (in the 500 m) at the first Winter Olympics in 1924; he finished eighth in the 1500 m and 13th in the 5000 m events. Jewtraw won national titles in 1921 and 1923 and held the national record in 100 yards at 9.4 seconds. After the 1924 Games he retired from competitions and moved to New York, where he became a representative for the Spalding Sporting Goods Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/charley-jewtraw-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/charley-jewtraw-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Charles Jewtraw|website=Sports-reference.com}}</ref>
Jewtraw moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where he died in January 1996 at 95 years of age.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/01/sports/charlie-jewtraw-speed-skater-95.html|title=Charlie Jewtraw, Speed Skater, 95|date=February 1, 1996}}</ref> He was married to Natalie, who died in November 1994.
Jewtraw's gold medal is now located in the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.<ref name=NYT/>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183454/http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/446 Charles Jewtraw at SkateResults.com] *1924 Winter Olympics {{S-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{s-bef|before=''First medal''}} {{s-ttl|title=Athlete with the most medals at Winter Olympics|years=January 26, 1924 – January 26, 1924|with=Oskar Olsen|with2=Roald Larsen|with3=Clas Thunberg}} {{s-aft|after={{flagicon|FIN}} Clas Thunberg and {{flagicon|NOR}} Roald Larsen}} {{S-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jewtraw, Charles}} Category:1900 births Category:1996 deaths Category:American male speed skaters Category:Speed skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in speed skating Category:Sportspeople from Clinton County, New York Category:People from Lake Placid, New York Category:Sportspeople from Essex County, New York Category:20th-century American sportsmen