28/01/2025
Norwich, GB 7 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

GRETA ANDERSEN, aged 95

A swimmer she won a gold medal at the Olympic Games but the nearly drowned. She then became an endurance swimmer holding many records that stand to this day.

BRIAN ROBINSON, aged 91

A joiner from Huddersfield, he represented GB at the 1952 Olympics before becoming the first British cyclist to complete the Tour de France and then win a stage. A pioneer for the later golden age of British cycling.