Eric Robinson was a British

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who is credited with a gold medal in the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

. Robinson was a member of the Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, which fielded the winning team. The

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

credits him with a gold medal in

water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics A water polo tournament was held on the Seine (near Asnières) on 11 and 12 August 1900 as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Eight teams from four countries, all European, entered the event, although only seven ended up playing. The Osborne Swi ...

, but this is incorrect as sources contemporary to the Games indicate that he was in England too soon after the tournament to have been in Paris.

References

IOC database
British male water polo players Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{UK-waterpolo-bio-stub