Henry Taylor, (born March 17, 1885, Oldham, Lancashire, England—died February 28, 1951), British swimmer who received 5 Olympic medals and was the primary man to carry world data within the 400-metre, 880-yard, and 1,500-metre freestyle occasions.
Taylor competed on the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, the place he captured a gold medal within the 1-mile (1,609-metre) freestyle, a silver within the 400-metre freestyle, and a bronze within the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay. At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, Taylor received gold medals in every occasion he entered—the 1,500-metre and 400-metre freestyle and the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay. At each the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm and the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, Taylor was a member of the bronze medal-winning 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay crew—an occasion through which Great Britain didn't win a medal once more till 1976.
In addition to swimming on the 1920 Olympics, Taylor (then age 35) performed water polo for the 1920 British crew. Between 1906 and 1920, Taylor received 15 Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) titles in England. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1969, the yr of the centenary of the ASA.