11 gold, four silver and one bronze Olympic medals Cecil Griffiths (1901–1945), gold medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics Venissa Head (born 1956), Commonwealth Games silver medallist Colin Jackson (born 1967), hurdler David Jacobs (1888–1976), gold medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics Berwyn Jones (1940–2007), sprinter and rugby league footballer Steve Jones (born 1955), Commonwealth Games silver medallist and former marathon world record holder Christian Malcolm (born 1979), sprinter Robert Mitchell (born 1980), high jumper Kay Morley-Brown (born 1963), Commonwealth Games gold medallist Catherine Murphy (born 1975), Olympic 400m runner Jonathon O'Dougherty, British National Ice Dance champion Carys Parry (born 1981), Commonwealth Games hammer silver medallist Berwyn Price (born 1951), Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist, and Olympic 110-metre hurdler Tom Richards (1910–1985), silver medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics Philippa Roles (born 1978), Commonwealth Games discus thrower Michelle Scutt (born 1960), Commonwealth Games silver medallist and bronze medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics Steven Shalders (born 1981 in Bridgend), Commonwealth Games triple jumper Tony Simmons (born 1948), Olympic 10,000-metre runner Scott Simpson (born 1979), Commonwealth Games pole vaulter Iwan Thomas (born 1974), 400m sprinter Reg Thomas (1907–1946), British Empire Games gold and silver medallist, and Olympic distance runner Angela Tooby (born 1960), Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Susan Tooby (born 1960), Olympic long-distance runner Hayley Tullett (born 1975), Commonwealth Games silver and bronze medallist, and Olympic middle-distance runner Kirsty Wade (born 1962), Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and Olympic middle-distance runner Nigel Walker (born 1963), Olympic 110m high hurdler and Wales international rugby union player Nick Whitehead (1933–2002), Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and bronze medallist at the 1960 Summer Olympics J.J. Williams (born 1948), Commonwealth Games sprinter and Wales international rugby union player Rhys Williams (born 1984), Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Neil Winter (born 1973), Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Olympic pole vaulter Badminton Martyn Lewis (born 1982) Kelly Morgan (born 1975) Richard Vaughan (born 1978) Baseball players Jimmy Austin (1879–1965) Ted Lewis (1872–1936) Peter Morris (1854–1884) Basketball players Tal Dunne (born 1987), Welsh-born Israeli professional basketball player for Israeli team Ironi Nes Ziona British baseball players Ted Peterson (1916–2005) George Whitcombe (1902–1986) Bowls Janet Ackland Fred Leamon (1919–1981) Fred Parfitt (1869–1953) Robert Weale (born 1963) Boxers Jamie Arthur (born 1979) Eddie Avoth (born 1945) Albert Barnes (1913–1990) Bill Beynon (1891–1932) Dai Bowen (died 1912, in the sinking of the RMS Titanic) Joe Calzaghe (born 1972), undefeated former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF