242: Only Man Awarded Both Victoria Cross & Olympic Gold

The History Chap Podcast · Mar 4, 2026 · 17m

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Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.

The story of Philip Neame, the only man to be awarded both the Victoria Cross and an Olympic gold medal.

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He won the Victoria Cross in the trenches of the First World War.

He won Olympic gold at the 1924 Paris Games.

To this day, no one else has ever achieved both.

This is the extraordinary…