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Andrew Clayton
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Clayton
National team Great Britain
Born (1973-04-10) 10 April 1973 (age 51)
Bradford, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1997 Seville 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 4x100 m freestyle

Andrew Clayton (born 10 April 1973) is a male English former competition swimmer.

Swimming career[edit]

Clayton represented Great Britain in the Olympics, both the World championships and European championships, and he swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Clayton twice competed at the Summer Olympics during 1996 and 2000 for Great Britain.[1] He is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, James Salter and Gavin Meadows. At the CASA National British Championships he won the 100 meter butterfly title in 1995.[2]

He also represented England and won two bronze medals in the relay events, at the 1994 Commonwealth GamesinVictoria, and in British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] He also competed for England, at the 1998 Commonwealth GamesinKuala Lump, Malaysia, winning a silver medal.[5][6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Clayton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  • ^ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
  • ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  • ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  • ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  • ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  • ^ "Athletes and results: Andrew Clayton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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