Paul Radmilovic
Radmilovic in 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paolo Francesco Radmilovic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Raddy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1886 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 September 1968 (aged 82) Weston-super-Mare, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Welsh Amateur Swimming Association Weston-super-Mare Water Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paolo Francesco Radmilovic (5 March 1886 – 29 September 1968) was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer. Radmilovic had Croatian 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. 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.