Jack Beresford was a British rower, born Jack Beresford-Wiszniewski in 1899, who won five medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1920 to 1936, a record in Olympic rowing that stood until Steve Redgrave won a sixth medal in 2000. The son of the Olympic silver medallist Julius Beresford, he rowed for Thames Rowing Club, won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, and took the single sculls Olympic gold at Paris in 1924, the coxless four gold in 1932 and the double sculls gold with Dick Southwood at Berlin in 1936, where he also carried the British flag at the opening ceremony. He had earlier taken silver in 1920 and 1928.
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was a British rower
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Born 1 January 1899 in Chiswick
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Died 3 December 1977
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was a British rower
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was a British rower who won five medals at five Olympic Games in succession
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competing in the single sculls event rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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