# Laurence Jackson

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Scottish curler (1900–1984)

Not to be confused with [Lawrence Jackson (disambiguation)](/source/Lawrence_Jackson_(disambiguation)).

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Laurence Jackson Curler Born 16 September 1900 (1900-09-16) Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 27 July 1984(1984-07-27) (aged 83) Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Medal record Men's curling Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1924 Chamonix Team

**Laurence Jackson** (16 September 1900 in [Carnwath](/source/Carnwath), South Lanarkshire – 27 July 1984 in [Biggar, South Lanarkshire](/source/Biggar%2C_South_Lanarkshire)) was a Scottish [curler](/source/Curling). He was part of the [Royal Caledonian Curling Club](/source/Royal_Caledonian_Curling_Club) team that won the first [Olympic Gold medal](/source/Olympic_Gold_medal) in curling at the [inaugural Winter Olympics](/source/Inaugural_Winter_Olympics) in [Chamonix](/source/Chamonix), France, in 1924.[1]

He was the son of fellow gold-medalist [Willie Jackson](/source/William_Jackson_(curler)).

## See also

- [Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics](/source/Curling_at_the_1924_Winter_Olympics)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Laurence Jackson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/laurence-jackson-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/laurence-jackson-1.html) on 18 April 2020.

## External links

- [Laurence Jackson](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/2155) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling)

- [Laurence Jackson](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/laurence-jackson) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Laurence Jackson](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100742) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

v t e Olympic champions in men's curling Demonstration 1932: Burns, Bowman, Pow, Willis (CAN) 1988: E. Ramsfjell, Loen, Søgård, Bakke, Meland (NOR) 1992: U. Dick, J. Dick, R. Hürlimann, Kläy, Däppen (SUI) Official 1924: W. Jackson, Welsh, Murray, L. Jackson, Astley (GBR) 1998: P. Hürlimann, Lörtscher, Müller, Perren, Andres (SUI) 2002: Trulsen, Vågberg, Davanger, B. 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) 2022: Edin, Eriksson, Wranå, Sundgren, Magnusson (SWE) 2026: Jacobs, Kennedy, Gallant, Hebert, Tardi (CAN)

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