Lionel Charles Renwick Emmett (8 January 1913 – 9 August 1996) was an Indian physician and field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as forward.
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Representing  India
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1936 Berlin | Team competition |
Emmett was born in India in 1913. He received medical training in Calcutta Medical College. He served as a medical officer is the Indian Army Corps in field hospitals in India and Burma. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later, he practiced as a general practitioners in the tea plantations of Assam. Following his retirement, he went to England in 1960s. He patented an Intra uterine contraceptive device named Copper Omega.[1] Also, he developed two more medical devices: the Emmett Thread Retriever and the Emmett Thread Detector.
References edit
- ^ "Obituaries". British Medical Journal. 313 (7066): 1202. 9 November 1996. PMC 2352493.
External links edit
- Lionel Emmett at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Lionel Emmett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lionel Emmett at Olympedia
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