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18/12/2005: "RON TAYLOR Winged Victory The World Championship trophy."
The CMAS trophy for World Spear Fishing Champion has only ever been won by one Australian, Ron Taylor in Tahiti 1965, where he competed with team members Wally Gibbins and Peter Kemp.
Australian Underwater Federation's, George Davies was present in Tahiti at the time, but not as a competitor.
Ron Taylor ceased entering spearing competitions in favour of filming fish underwater shortly afterwards.
Spear fishing was the foundation of all underwater activities. It has since evolved to now include deep free diving - considered the most dangerous of all sports.
Ron Taylor's Winged Victory bronze trophy is a replica of the original larger marble statue in the Louvre, Paris taken from Greece. The Greek's want it back.....
ATHENS, Feb 4 2004,(Reuters) - The Greek island of Samothrace wants France to return the winged marble statue of Victory that has taken pride of place in the Louvre in Paris since 1863.
Her home is on Samothrace and our target is to claim her, the Aegean island's mayor, Giorgos Hanos, said in a letter to European Commissioner Christos Papoutsis, who is from Greece.
Hanos said he was seeking the support of all Greeks at the European Union for starting talks with the city of Paris and the Louvre to return the headless statue of the goddess of victory, Nike. The Winged Victory of Samothrace, which stands at the top of the museum's main staircase, dates from about 190 BC and was found in many fragments in 1813.
