Welsh Olympic Medal Winners
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There have been 31 Welsh Olympic medal winners in the modern games' 108 year history. 10 of them gold. Of those, only two have won an Olympic individual gold.
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Individual medallists
Gold
- Lynn Davies, long jump, Tokyo 1964.
- Richard Meade, 3 day event, Munich 1972 (Also team gold medals in 1968 and 1972).
Silver
- Tom Richards, marathon, London 1948.
- Martyn Woodroffe, 200m fly swimming, Mexico City 1968.
- Colin Jackson, 110m hurdles, Seoul 1988.
Bronze
- Valerie Davies (Latham), 100m backstroke swimming, Los Angeles 1932.
- John Disley, 3000m steeplechase, Helsinki 1952.
- David Broome, show jumping, Rome 1960 and Mexico City 1968.
- Ralph Evans, light-flyweight boxing, Munich 1972.
Welsh Olympic team medallists
Gold
- Paolo Radmilovic, 4x200 relay, London 1908, also water polo, London 1908, Stockholm 1912, and Antwerp 1920.
- David Jacobs, 4x100 relay, Stockholm 1912.
- Irene Steer, 4x100 relay swimming, Stockholm 1912.
- Cecil Griffiths, 4x400 relay, Antwerp 1920.
- Chris Jones, water polo, Antwerp, 1920.
- Hugh Edwards, coxless pairs and coxless fours, Los Angeles 1932.
- Sir Harry LLewellyn, show jumping, Helsinki 1952 (also team bronze in London 1948).
Silver
- Ken Jones, 4x100 relay, London 1948.
- Williams Griffiths, hockey, London 1948.
- Rob Davies, hockey, London 1948.
- Colin Moynihan, men's eights rowing, Moscow 1980.
- Iwan Thomas, 4x400 relay, Atlanta 1996.
- Jamie Baulch, 4x400 relay, Atlanta 1996.
- Ian Barker, 49er class sailing, Sydney 2000.
Bronze
- Williams Titt, as part of the gymnastics team, Stockholm 1912.
- Valerie Davies (Latham) 4 x 100 freestyle relay Los Angeles 1932
- Nick Whitehead, 4x100 relay, Rome 1960.
- Graham Dadds, hockey, Helsinki 1952.
- John Taylor, hockey, Helsinki 1952.
- Michelle Probert, 4x400 relay, Moscow 1980.
- Charlie Wiggin, coxless pairs, Moscow 1980.
- Bob Cattrall, hockey, Los Angeles 1984.
- Helen Morgan, hockey, Barcelona 1992.
Source BBC Wales