Gavin Meadows (born 8 September 1977 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.
Early life
He attended Bruntcliffe High School.[1]
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.[2]
He represented England in six events and won four medals, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4] Three of the medals came in the relay events and he also won an individual bronze in the 100 metres freestyle.[5]
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.[6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Yorkshire Evening Post Tuesday 12 October 1993, page 15
- ^ “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. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ ““For the Record.” Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38″. Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ““For the Record.” Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40″. Times Digital Archive.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ““For the Record.” Times, 10 July 1999, p. 36″. Times Digital Archive.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ““For the Record.” Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37″. Times Digital Archive.
