Chris Mackintosh

Chris Mackintosh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born31 October 1903
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died12 January 1974 (aged 70)
Haddington, Scotland
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRugby Union / Bobsleigh / long jump
ClubUniversity of Oxford AC
Achilles Club
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
1938 Garmisch-PartenkirchenFour-man

Charles Ernest Whistler Mackintosh also known as Chris Mackintosh (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish rugby union internationalist, athlete, skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1938 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Mackintosh also became Chairman of the Henry Lunn Alpine Tours company (part of the Lunn Poly group) and President of both the Downhill Only Ski Club Wengen (1958-1964) and the Amateur Inter-Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club.