&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:David_Wilkie_(swimmer).jpg) Wilkie in 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Andrew Wilkie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1954 Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 May 2024 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Warrender Baths Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Miami (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Bill Diaz University of Miami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Andrew Wilkie MBE (8 March 1954 – 22 May 2024) was a Scottish swimmer who was the Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1976, the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960.[2] He is the only person to have held British, Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic swimming titles at the same time.[3] Wilkie, a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest and Britain's finest swimmer.[4][5][6] Fellow Olympic breaststroke gold medallist Duncan Goodhew considered him an "extraordinary talent" and "one of Britain's greatest ever athletes".[7]
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- ^ McLean, Euan (5 August 2001) "Swimming Great sporting moments; Scots swimmer David Wilkie takes gold in Montreal Olympics 200m breaststroke", The Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- ^ (31 July 2012) Coaches; David Wilkie MBE "Coached off the Coach", STV (Scottish Television), Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ (June 2008) "Scottish Olympic Legends Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine", The Winning Zone, Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ (29 June 2012) "Golden Scots: David Wilkie in Montreal, 1976", BBC Sport Scotland, Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Campbell, Alastair (10 July 2004) "Wilkie's strokes of genius secure him place in history – and my talent pool", The Times, Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Tyrone Smith, 'Wilkie 'probably one of Britain’s greatest' - Goodhew'. BBC Sport, 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024