1908 Summer Olympics Kati Jgi Saaremaa CoEducational Gymnasium

1908 Summer Olympics Kati Jõgi Saaremaa Co-Educational Gymnasium Form 10 A

1908 Summer Olympics The host city for 1908 Summer Olympics was London The opening ceremony took place April 27 and closing ceremony October 31 It was officially opened by King Edward VII 1971 men and 37 women participated 22 nations participated There were 110 events in 22 sports Stadium was White City Stadium

Medal count The most medals were won by the host nation Great Britain – 146 56 of them were gold, 51 silver and 39 bronze The next country was the United States who had 47 medals 23 of them were gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals

Henry Taylor was one of the 56 men who won a gold medal for Great Britain The medals were won for 1500 m freestyle men swimming, 400 m freesyle men swimming and 4*200 m freestyle relay men swimming

Taylor's early life Was born in the Hollinwood area of Oldham, in Lancashire, on 17 March 1885. Learned to swin in the Hollinwood Canal, and practised in Alexandra Parks's boating lake Swam his first race at the age of 7 His older brother Bill became his coach

Taylor's career Won a gold medal in the one mile freestyle, silver in the 400 m freestyle and a broze in 4*250 m freestyle in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens In the 1908 Olympics Taylor won medals in each of the three events in which he took part: the 400 m freestyle, the 4× 200 m freestyle, and the 1500 m freestyle The British press hailed Taylor as “Britain's Greatest Amateur Swimmer” Four years later he was selected to go to Stockholm for the 1912 Summer Olympics

Henry Taylor during the First World War Taylor served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and kept fit by swimming around the ships when his ship was anchored at Scapa Flow Was present at the Battle of Jutland

Taylor after the war Took part in the Morecambe Race, winning eight times over a period of 20 year and at one point held the record Attempted to emulate Matthew Webb in swimming across the English Channel but failed due to bad weather He annually took on the French Champion, swimming in both River Thames and the River Seine and winning on every occasion Taylor's last appearance in the Olympic Games was at Antwerp, Belgium, in 1920

Taylor after swimming Continued swimming competitively into his 40 s until he retired in 1926 During his career he won over 35 trophies and 300 medals He died in obscurity aged 65 on 28 February 1951, in Chadderton Lancashire He was cremated and his remains were scattered at Rochdale Cemetery

The reminiscence of Henry Taylor

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