Rob Derbyshire

John Henry Derbyshire, known as Rob, was an English freestyle swimmer and water polo player from Chorlton, Lancashire, born on 29 November 1878 and died on 25 November 1938. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens he won a bronze medal with the British 4x250 metre freestyle relay team, two years later he won a gold medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay at the 1908 London Olympics, and in 1912 he swam the 100 metre freestyle heats in Stockholm. The International Olympic Committee credits him with a water polo gold at the 1900 Games, but reports of the time show he was in England and did not travel to Paris. With his wife Alice he founded swimming clubs in Hammersmith, and he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005.