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British cyclist Rebecca Romero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Romero who won a cycling gold medal at the 2008 Games and a rowing silver at Athens 2004. The only other person to achieve something similar in recent times is American Tim Shaw with a swimmming/Water Polo combo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Shaw_(swimmer)
Going back pre-war brit Paul Radmilovic also won medals in swimming and water polo in the 1920's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Radmilovic
Yes. Niels Bohr won a silver medal in the 1908 summer Olympics as a member (along with his brother) of the Danish soccer (football) team. He won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1922 for his quantum structure of the atom and other work in quantum theory
Philip Noel-Baker was a British diplomat who won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at Antwerp in 1920, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.
Tim Stoddard was a starting forward on the 1974 North Carolina State Basketball team that won the NCAA championship and a relief pitcher on the 1983 Baltimore Orioles team that won the World Series.
Yes.
Carl Schuhmann of Germany won gold medals in gymnastics and Wrestling at the 1896 Games in Athens. Paul Radmilovic of Great Britain won gold medals in swimming and water polo at the 1908 Games in London and 1912 Games in Stockholm. Morris Kirksey of United States won gold in athletics and Rugby at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Johnny Weissmuller of the United States won bronze in water polo and gold in swimming at the 1924 Games in Paris.
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