David Wilkie (swimmer)

David Andrew Wilkie MBE (born 8 March 1954) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. He is the only person to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, world and Olympic swimming titles at the same time and was the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960.

David Wilkie
MBE
Personal information
Full nameDavid Andrew Wilkie
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1954-03-08) 8 March 1954
Colombo, Ceylon
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley, breaststroke
ClubWarrender Baths Club
College teamUniversity of Miami (U.S.)
CoachBill Diaz
University of Miami
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal 200 m breast
1972 Munich 200 m breast
1976 Montreal 100 m breast
World Championships
1973 Belgrade 200 m breast
1975 Cali100 m breast
1975 Cali200 m breast
1973 Belgrade 200 m medley
1975 Cali4×100 m medley
European Championships
1974 Vienna 200 m breast
1974 Vienna 200 m medley
1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley
Representing  Scotland
British Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch 200 m breast
1974 Christchurch 200 m medley
1974 Christchurch 100 m breast
1970 Edinburgh 200 m breast

He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest swimmer and Britain's finest swimmer.

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