WARRINGTON'S history with the summer Olympic Games is a significant one, going back to 1908.
Gold, silver and bronze medals have been brought home to huge fanfare, and quite rightly becoming an Olympian is considered a significant achievement in itself and celebrated as such.
Seventeen competitors have flown the flag for Warrington in the Olympics, competing in nine different sports – athletics, boxing, canoe slalom, handball, polo, rowing, shooting, swimming and water polo.
And they have brought home 12 medals between them.
Here we pay homage to the town's summer Olympians, who were either born in Warrington or have a strong connection to the town:
2020 (2021), Tokyo:
James Guy: The most successful Olympics so far for an individual with a Warrington connection.
The former Cardinal Newman High School and Our Lady's Catholic Primary School student, who lived in Stockton Heath for a spell while growing up, won two gold medals and a silver in the Covid-delayed Games.
Guy, born in Bury in 1995, celebrated gold in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay in which a European record was set, and, alongside Warrington's Kathleen Dawson, in the mixed 4x100m medley relay in which a world record was achieved.
His silver came in the men's 4x100m medley relay, while he was ninth with Team GB in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.
Kathleen Dawson: In her first Olympics and fighting injury, the former Great Sankey High School student won a gold medal.
It came alongside James Guy in the mixed 4x100m medley relay in which a world record was achieved.
Dawson, born in Scotland in 1997 but moved to Warrington aged three, also finished sixth in the women's 100m backstroke final.
She learnt to swim with LiveWire at Great Sankey Baths and worked her way through the age levels with Warriors of Warrington Swimming Club.
Lucy Glover: Only Warrington Rowing Club's second ever Olympian.
The former Lymm High School and St Wilfrid's C of E Primary School student, born in 1998, finished seventh overall in the women's quadruple sculls, winning the B final after placing third in the fastest heat and fourth in the repechage.
2016, Rio:
Johny Akinyemi: The former Culcheth High School student reached his second Olympics, representing Nigeria in canoe slalom, a sport which he started at Warrington Canoe Club.
He placed 20th in kayak singles, slalom.
James Guy: A Warrington Junior Sports Personality of the Year winner in 2011, the ex-Cardinal Newman High School student showed his class in what was his first Olympic Games.
He won silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay, while finishing fourth in the individual 200m freestyle.
2012, London:
Richard Egington: In the former Warrington Rowing Club junior's second Olympics, he went all out for gold with the Team GB men's eight crew.
They got their noses in front but couldn't hold on and were forced to settle for bronze, behind winners Germany and runners-up Canada.
Team GB were second to Germany in the fastest heat and first in the repechage to reach the final.
Olivia Whitlam: The Daresbury rower contested the women's eight, finishing fifth in the final on Dorney Lake in her second shot at the Olympics.
She started her rowing career at King's School, Chester
Holly Lam-Moores: Played in Team GB's first Olympic women's handball team while suffering from a stress fracture of the spine.
She grew up in Orford and went on to work for the Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation.
Team GB lost all five group games (Montenegro 31-19, Russian Federation 37-16, Brazil 30-17, Angola 31-25, Croatia 37-14) and placed 12th overall.
Hazel Musgrove: Battled rheumatoid arthritis as a professional senior athlete to represent Team GB's first women's water polo team in an Olympics.
Born in Watford in 1989, the former Bridgewater High School student, who was living in Appleton, started out with Warrington Swimming and Water Polo Club and further progressed with City of Liverpool SC.
Team GB finished eighth, losing three group games (Russian Federation 7-6, Australia 16-3, Italy 10-5), a quarter-final (Spain 9-7) and classification round (Russian Federation 11-9).
Johny Akinyemi: The African champion became the first person from Warrington to compete in canoe slalom at an Olympics, representing his father's country of birth, Nigeria.
Akinyemi, born in 1988 and living in Locking Stumps, finished 21st in kayak singles, slalom.
2008, Beijing:
Richard Egington: The former Lymm High School student won a silver medal with the Team GB men's eight in his debut campaign, becoming the first Warrington-born Olympian for 100 years.
He was representing Leander Club, but started out with Warrington Rowing Club.
Team GB won the fastest heat but were pipped in the final by Canada.
Olivia Whitlam: A finalist in the pairs in her maiden Olympics.
The Agecroft Rowing Club (Salford) competitor, who lived in Daresbury, had only been partnered with Louisa Reeve for three months before the Games started.
2004, Athens:
Mike Babb: The Appleton Rifle Club member's second Olympic Games.
He reached the final of the men's 50m small-bore rifle prone, finishing seventh.
2000, Sydney:
Mike Babb: Hailed from Kent, after being born in Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1963, but trained at Appleton Rifle Club while living in Cheshire.
He was the town’s only representative in Athens, placing equal 25th in the men's 50-metre small-bore rifle prone.
1996, Atlanta:
Helen Slatter: Moved to Warrington from Devon after competing for Great Britain at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
She completed a Games hat-trick in Atlanta, finishing in her Olympics best 13th in both the 100m backstroke and 4x100m medley relay.
Suzanne Rigg: Suzanne Rigg, who was a member of Warrington Athletics Club and employed by Warrington Guardian, contested the women's marathon for Team GB finishing 58th in 2:52.09.
She was third Briton home, behind Liz McColgan and Karen Macleod.
Rigg, née Youngberg, hails from America and was born in Essex, Massachusetts, in 1963 but holds dual citizenship.
1992, Barcelona:
Robin Reid: Bronze medal winner in the light-middleweight division who learned his trade at Warrington Boxing Club and lived in Runcorn.
Reid, born in Sefton, 1971, knocked out Marcus Thomas from Barbados in his opening fight, got the decision over Lithuania's Leonidas Maleckis in the second contest, overcame Norway's Ole Klemetsen by decision in the quarter-finals but was defeated by decision in the semi-finals by the eventual silver medal winner Orhan Delibs from the Netherlands.
Helen Slatter: In what was her second Olympic Games, becoming the first Warriors of Warrington Olympian, Slatter competed in the 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m Individual Medley.
She was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in 1970.
1984, Los Angeles:
Michelle Probert (later Scutt): The Culcheth-based Sale Harriers runner was a 400m semi-finalist in her second Olympics campaign.
She also finished fourth in the final with the 4x400m relay team.
1980, Moscow:
Ray and George Gilbody: Both brothers boxed for Great Britain in the Soviet Union and have maintained strong links to the town through the sport.
They were born in Southport and boxed out of St Helens Star ABC but lived in Daresbury at the time of the Olympics.
Lightweight George, born in 1955, captained the British team and finished equal fifth, losing his quarter-final to East Germany's Richard Nowakowski by decision. He beat Zambia's Blackson Siukoko by decision in round two.
Bantamweight Ray, five years younger than his sibling, placed joint ninth after winning against Angola's Jose Luis de Almeida in round two but then losing to Mexico's Daniel Zaragoza, with both bouts settled by decision.
Michelle Probert (later Scutt): Although born in Liverpool in 1960, and lived in Culcheth, she represented Wales at international level through her heritage and became the first Welsh woman to win an Olympic Games medal when securing bronze with Great Britain's 4x400m relay team.
She ran the third leg, and her team finished behind winners Soviet Union and second-placed East Germany.
1920, Antwerp:
Chris Vose: Warrington Athletics Club runner, who was born in Preston in 1887 but made Warrington his home, captained the silver medal-winning Great Britain cross country team.
He crossed the line 19th and because he was the fourth Briton home he was not a scoring member of the team and therefore did not receive a medal.
1908, London:
Walter Jones: At the age of 42, Jones won a silver medal while representing the Hurlingham Club side in a polo event played on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham.
Jones, born in Moore in 1866, had the distinction of scoring his team’s only goal of the Games.
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