Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller, born Johann Peter Weissmuller, was an American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor who set world records and won five Olympic gold medals. He won the 100 metre freestyle and the 4x200 metre relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, beating Kahanamoku for the 100 metre title, and at Amsterdam in 1928 he won two more golds. He also won a bronze medal in water polo in Paris. After retiring from swimming he played Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan in twelve feature films between 1932 and 1948 and then starred in sixteen Jungle Jim films.