2025.08.24 – RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS, TITANIC AND TENNIS

The objective is to identify the technical and historical significance of Richard Norris Williams through the Titanic disaster and his tennis career.

THE WORK

● The Titanic (Titanic, naufragio marítimo) is defined as the most famous shipwreck of 1912 with massive human loss.
● Richard Norris Williams survives the Titanic on 15 April 1912 at age 21.
● ❄️ His body suffers extreme cold and his legs remain frozen until physicians suggest amputation.
● He rejects amputation and designs a routine of standing and walking every two hours for circulation.
● In the same year of 1912 he wins the United States National Tennis Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Tenis de Estados Unidos) in mixed doubles.
● 🎾 His tennis career accumulates five Grand Slam (Grand Slam, campeonato internacional de tenis) titles in subsequent years.
● In 1924 he wins an Olympic gold medal (medalla de oro olímpica) in Paris while competing with an ankle sprain.
● 🔔 His perseverance illustrates the technical connection between survival strategies and athletic performance.

THE INSTITUTION

● Richard Norris Williams (Richard Norris Williams, tenista estadounidense) is defined as a professional tennis player and Titanic survivor.
● The Titanic (Titanic, naufragio marítimo) is defined as a transatlantic ship that sank in 1912 in the Atlantic Ocean.
● 📜 The United States National Tennis Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Tenis de Estados Unidos) is defined as a national-level tennis competition awarding official recognition.
● Grand Slam (Grand Slam, campeonato internacional de tenis) is defined as the collective name for major international tennis tournaments.
● 🏅 The Olympic gold medal (medalla de oro olímpica) is defined as the highest award granted in the Olympic Games to first-place athletes.
● The ankle sprain (esguince de tobillo) is defined as an injury involving ligament stretching or tearing in the ankle joint.
● The circulation routine (rutina de circulación) is defined as the act of repeated movement to maintain blood flow in frozen limbs.
● 🚢 These definitions establish the technical framework that links maritime disaster, medical risk, athletic competition, and institutional recognition.