Gavin Meadows
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Full name | Gavin Meadows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1977年09月08日) 8 September 1977 (age 47) Bradford, West Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | City of Leeds Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gavin Meadows (born 8 September 1977 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.
Swimming career
[edit ]Meadows competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. A member of the City of Leeds Swim Club he is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's ×ばつ200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, Andrew Clayton and James Salter.[1]
He represented England in six events and won four medals, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] [3] Three of the medals came in the relay events and he also won an individual bronze in the 100 metres freestyle.[4]
He is a three times winner of the ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title (1996, 1997, 1999) and won the 200 metres freestyle in 1996.[5] [6] [7] [8]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 10 July 1999, p. 36". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37". Times Digital Archive.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- English male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bradford
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games