Malcolm Windeatt
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| Full name | Malcolm Barrie Windeatt | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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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 swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Born in Torquay, he 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]
He represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning a bronze in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, and finishing eighth in the individual 100 m freestyle.
He 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.
See also
References
- ^ "Sport in Brief". The Guardian. 1971-11-03. p. 23.
- ^ "Ruffled Scots Agree on Finance". The Guardian. 1973-04-02. p. 19.
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