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Henry Taylor (swimmer) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Henry Taylor (swimmer)
Henry Taylor (17 March 1885 – 28 February 1951〔〔〔 Retrieved on 28 August 2008.〕) was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in four Summer Olympics between 1906 and 1920. Taylor served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, and continued to swim competitively until 1926. His fortunes declined after he retired and he died penniless. His record of three gold medals at one Olympic Games – the most by any Briton – stood for 100 years until it was equaled by cyclist Chris Hoy in 2008. Tying the medal count of American Mel Sheppard, he was the most successful athlete at the 1908 Olympics. ==Early life== Henry Taylor was born in Hollinwood in Oldham, Lancashire, on 17 March 1885 to James, a coal miner, and Elizabeth Taylor. Henry's parents died when he was young and he was raised by his older brother, Bill.〔 Taylor learned to swim in the Hollinwood Canal, and practised in any water body he could find – baths, becks, canals, lakes, etc., including the Hollinwood Canal and Alexandra Park's boating lake.〔 Austin Rawlinson, who was Taylor's friend and later president of Amateur Swimming Association, recalled that Taylor "loved his swimming more than anything else in life".〔 At the age of seven Taylor swam in his first race.〔 Retrieved on 29 August 2008.〕 Bill became his coach and Henry trained in the Oldham Baths, and from 1894 in the Chadderton Baths, often on the "dirty water days" because of cheaper admission.〔〔 During this time he continued to train in the canal and when he got a job at a cotton mill, he spent his lunch times swimming in the canal.〔 At 5'5" (1.65 m) and weighing ,〔 he wore a hand-woven silk swimming costume weighing about an ounce.〔 Retrieved on 29 August 2008.〕
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