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Paul Radmilovic
British swimmer and water polo player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paolo Francesco Radmilovic (5 March 1886 – 29 September 1968) was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer.[1] Radmilovic had Croatian[2][3] and Irish origins. He represented Great Britain at four editions of Summer Olympics. He won four Olympic titles in a 22-year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games, a record which stood for a Great Britain Olympic athlete until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000.[4] In 1928, he became the first person to compete for Britain at five Olympic Games, a record that would remain until surpassed by fencer Bill Hoskyns in 1976.
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Full name | Paolo Francesco Radmilovic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Raddy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1886-03-05)5 March 1886 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 September 1968(1968-09-29) (aged 82) Weston-super-Mare, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Welsh Amateur Swimming Association Weston-super-Mare Water Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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