The incredible story of Richard Norris Williams, the American tennis player who survived the Titanic sinking and then won gold at the Olympics

• Richard Norris Williams survived the sinking of the Titanic by swimming to a lifeboat. 
• After he was rescued, he refused a doctor's suggestion to amputate his legs.
• Williams became the highest-ranking tennis player in the US and won an Olympic gold medal in 1924.

Richard Norris Williams was an accomplished tennis player who competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics, but he's most famous for his incredible survival of the Titanic.

The RMS Titanic, a British passenger ship operated by the White Star Line, set sail on its infamous voyage on April 10, 1912.