Malcolm Windeatt
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| Full name | Malcolm Barrie Windeatt | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1952 Torquay, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Torquay Leander, Harpurhey | ||||||||||||||
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Malcolm Barrie Windeatt (born 5 April 1952) is a former British international swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Swimming career
[edit]Born in Torquay, Windeatt moved to Manchester in his late teens due to a lack of suitable training facilities in his home town, choosing to study at the University of Manchester.[1][2]
Windeatt represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning a bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, and finishing eighth in the individual 100 m freestyle.[3][4][5]
Windeatt represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, swimming the individual 100 m freestyle, where he did not progress beyond the heats, and forming part of the 4×100 m medley relay team who finished seventh.
Windeatt is a four times winner of the British Championship in 100 metres freestyle (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972).[6][7][8][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sport in Brief". The Guardian. 3 November 1971. p. 23.
- ^ "Ruffled Scots Agree on Finance". The Guardian. 2 April 1973. p. 19.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
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