Ron Turner (water polo player)
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Ron Turner, born on 11 June 1927 in London, England, is a British water polo player.
Ron Turner played for The Penguins (the water polo club based in London, England) and represented Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Helsinki, Finland, and the 1956 Summer Olympics, in Melbourne, Australia. At the Melbourne Games, he was chosen as part of the 'best of the rest of the World' team that played against the Olympic Champions, Hungary.
Ron Turner has been involved in the organisation of competitive British water polo. He remains an active swimmer and trains regularly in the Masters section of the West London Penguin Swimming and Water Polo Club, a descendant of The Penguins.
