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Reginald Rodrigues, also known as Reg Rodricks was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics for the Indian gold medal winning team. India had just gained its independence from Great Britain. He died on 15 August 1995 at the age of 73.
Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden as part of a combined team with Australia, competing as Australasia.
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Reginald John "Reg" Schroeter, sometimes referred to as Reginald Schroter, was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
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Reginald A Barnett is a British retired cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was the national sprint champion on six occasions in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973.
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Jon Jon Park is a British former swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won several bodybuilding titles, including Mr. South Africa Maccabiah and Mr. Golden City.
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Reg Libbis was an Australian rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Jim Stride is an Australian former representative rower. He was a six-time Australian national champion, raced in the Australia men's eight at the 1978 World Rowing Championships and competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Reginald Percival Potter was a British water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Reg Gaffley Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
