Henri Padou (15 May 1898 – 19 November 1981) was a French

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player and freestyle swimmer. He competed in water polo at the 1920,

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and 1936 Summer Olympics and finished in 9th, 1st, 3rd and 4th place, respectively. In 1920 and 1924 he also took part in the 100 m and 4 × 200 m swimming events, but failed to reach the finals. In 1970 he was inducted into the

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in the category water polo. His son Henri Padou Jr. was an Olympic swimmer.

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* 1898 births 1981 deaths Sportspeople from Tourcoing French male water polo players Olympic water polo players of France Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic medalists in water polo French male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming {{France-waterpolo-bio-stub

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