Carl van Geyzel

Carl Theodore van Geyzel was a British and Sri Lankan athlete and cricketer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Career

Van Geyzel was educated at in Colombo and later Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Van Geyzel became the national high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1927 AAA Championships.
The following year in 1928 he finished second behind Claude Ménard in the high jump event at the 1928 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Olympics Games.
His Ceylon national record in the high jump stood for more than 25 years.
He also played in two first-class cricket matches in the 1920s, including one for Cambridge University Cricket Club.