Duncan Goodhew

Duncan Goodhew
MBE
Personal information
Full nameDuncan Alexander Goodhew
National teamUnited Kingdom
Born (1957-05-27) 27 May 1957 (age 67)
Marylebone, London, England
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Weight12 st 8 lb; 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamNorth Carolina State University
CoachDon Easterling
(NCSU)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley
World Championships - Long Course
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley
European Championships - Long Course
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1977 Sofia 100 m breaststroke
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley

Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duncan Goodhew Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.