Until 2008, Henry Taylor was Great Britain’s most prolific gold medallist at an Olympic Games – his prowess in the pool setting a standard that would, astonishingly, not be bettered for an entire century.

6th July 1908: British swimmer Henry Taylor, who won the 400 metre race at the London Olympic Games at White City, with his trainer. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

An Olympic champion in the two-man bobsleigh at Innsbruck 1964, Tony Nash has a unique story to tell.