Andrew Clayton
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| Full name | Andrew Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1973 Bradford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Clayton (born 10 April 1973) is a male English former competition swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]Clayton represented Great Britain in the Olympics, both the World championships and European championships, and he swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Clayton twice competed at the Summer Olympics during 1996 and 2000 for Great Britain.[1] He is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, James Salter and Gavin Meadows. At the CASA National British Championships he won the 100 meter butterfly title in 1995.[2]
He also represented England and won two bronze medals in the relay events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, and in British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] He also competed for England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lump, Malaysia, winning a silver medal.[5][6][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Clayton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results: Andrew Clayton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Andrew Clayton at World Aquatics
- Andrew Clayton at Team GB
- Andrew Clayton at Olympics.com
- Andrew Clayton at Olympedia (archive)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- English male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bradford
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- 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 bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games