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Full name | Gavin Meadows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1977-09-08) 8 September 1977 (age 46) 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※
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 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, Andrew Clayton and James Salter.
He represented England in six events. And won four medals, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Three of the medals came in the relay events and "he also won an individual bronze in the "100 metres freestyle.""
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.
See also※
References※
- ^ "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
- 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