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Ian Wilson (swimmer)

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Ian Wilson
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1970-12-19) 19 December 1970 (age 53)
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Sport
Sportfreestyle swimming
ClubBorough of Sunderland
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle
European Championships - Long Course
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens 1500 m freestyle
European Championships - Short Course
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 1500 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 1500 m freestyle

Ian Wilson (born 19 December 1970) is a retired long-distance freestyle swimmer from Great Britain.

Swimming career

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He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in fifth place in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event. The previous year he won the silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in the same event.[1]

He represented England in the 400 metres and 1,500 freestyle events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Four years later he competed in the 1,500 metres freestyle during the 1994 Commonwealth Games and then took part in a third Games when he swam once again in the 1,500 metres freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3] He also won the ASA National Championship in the 1500 metres freestyle on six occasions (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996) [4][5][6][7][8] and also won the 400 metres freestyle title in 1995 and 1996.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 1 Aug. 1994, p. 23". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1996, p. 51". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ ""Results from Crystal Palace." Times, 30 July 1990, p. 30". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Lord, Craig. "Rolley focuses on new horizon." Times, 2 Aug. 1991, p. 35". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "Lord, Craig. "Baker passes demanding examination of character." Times, 12 June 1992, p. 32". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.