Paul Radmilovic

Paolo Francesco Radmilovic, known as Paul and nicknamed Raddy, was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer, born in the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff on 5 March 1886 to a Croatian father and an Irish-descended mother, who died on 29 September 1968. He represented Great Britain at four Summer Olympics and, counting the 1906 Intercalated Games, competed at six Games over a 22-year career, becoming in 1928 the first person to compete for Britain at five Olympic Games. He won four Olympic gold medals across three successive Games, three in water polo in 1908, 1912 and 1920 and one in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay in 1908, a British record until Steve Redgrave won his fifth gold in 2000. He lived in Weston-super-Mare, ran the Imperial Hotel there for many years, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.