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paul radmilovic in 1909 paolo francesco radmilovic 29 september 1968 welsh amateur swimming association weston-super-mare water polo club weston-super-mare , england cardiff , wales 76 kg lb on british 1.80 m ftin on 05 march 1886 paul radmilovic 1909.jpg paul radmilovic
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paul radmilovic

paolo francesco `` paul '' radmilovic -lrb- 5 march 1886 -- 29 september 1968 -rrb- was a welsh water polo player and swimmer of croatian and irish origin who 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 was the first person to compete for britain at five olympic games , a record that would remain until surpassed by fencer bill hoskyns in 1976 .
