23 Facts About Paul Radmilovic

Paolo Francesco Radmilovic was a Welsh water polo player and competitive swimmer.

Paul Radmilovic represented Great Britain at four editions of Summer Olympics.

Paul Radmilovic won four Olympic titles in a 22-year Olympic career.

Paul Radmilovic 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.

Paul Radmilovic was born in the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff, Wales, the third son of Antun Paul Radmilovic, a native of Dubrovnik who relocated to Cardiff in 1860s and became the landlord of the Glastonbury Arms pub in Bute Street.

Paul Radmilovic's mother was born in Cardiff, the daughter of Irish immigrants.

Paul Radmilovic made his debut for the Wales national water polo team at the age of 15 in 1901 and at the time was the youngest international player in the history of the sport.

Paul Radmilovic competed in international swimming and water polo for nearly 30 years and was still an active swimmer well into his seventies.

Paul Radmilovic won his first Amateur Swimming Association title in 1907 when victorious in the open water 5 mile race in the River Thames.

Paul Radmilovic's noted versatility came to the fore two years later when he won the 100 yards freestyle.

Paul Radmilovic won the English Long Distance Championships in 1907 and 1925, the latter at age 39.

Paul Radmilovic competed in three individual freestyle events but failed to make a final.

Paul Radmilovic moved to Weston-super-Mare in 1904 and all Olympic successes were gained whilst a resident of this Somerset resort and where he was a member of the local swimming and water polo clubs.

Paul Radmilovic won his third career gold as part of the British water polo team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Paul Radmilovic competed as a member of the British team in both the 1924 and 1928 Olympic water polo tournaments without medal success.

Paul Radmilovic was 42 years old when his Olympic career ended.

Paul Radmilovic was the first athlete to compete in water polo at five Olympics, and one of ten male players who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.

Paul Radmilovic was one of only two Welsh athletes to represent Wales at the 1930 British Empire Games.

Paul Radmilovic ran the Imperial Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, England for many years, and was still swimming 400 m a day at age seventy-eight.

Paul Radmilovic was the second water polo player and the third Briton to be inducted.

Paul Radmilovic died in Weston-super-Mare, England, in 1968 and is buried in Weston Cemetery on Milton Road.

Paul Radmilovic's son took over the running of the hotel and continued to display his father's vast trophy collection.

Paul Radmilovic was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.