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Kevin Thomas Boyd
Personal information
Full nameKevin Thomas Boyd
NationalityBritish
Born (1966-06-23) 23 June 1966 (age 58)
Kingston upon Hull, England
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb; 14.6 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubHull Olympic,
Borough of South Tyneside

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh 4×200 m freestyle
Representing Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Zagreb 400 m freestyle

Kevin Thomas Boyd (born 23 June 1966) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and World University Games, and England in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1980s. He competed internationally in freestyle swimming events.

Swimming career[edit]

Boyd attended Hymers College in Hull and, along with elder brother Steven, joined the local swimming club Hull Olympic in 1972. He soon became a proficient swimmer at local and county level in backstroke events, before switching to freestyle in his teens. He joined the Borough of South Tyneside swimming club in 1984 after beginning his degree in medicine at Newcastle University.

He competed in the 400-metre freestyle and the 1500-metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing 7th in both finals. He was a member of the British men's squad that competed in the qualifying heats of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.[1] In the 1988 Guinness Book of Records he appeared as holding the world record for the 400, 800 and 1500 metres freestyle.

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 400 metres freestyle and a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesinEdinburgh, Scotland.[2] Four years later he represented England in the freestyle events, at the 1990 Commonwealth GamesinAuckland, New Zealand.[3][4] He also won the 1986 and 1987 ASA National Championship title in the 400 metres freestyle[5][6] and the 1987 and 1989 ASA British National 1500 metres freestyle titles.[7][8]

Personal life[edit]

Boyd gave up swimming in 1991 and now works as an orthopaedics specialist and a clinical teacher at University Hospitals Leicester.[9] He is married, and has a daughter and a son.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kevin Boyd". Sports Reference LLC. 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  • ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  • ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  • ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  • ^ ""Mother is the inspiration." Times, 2 June 1986, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
  • ^ "Moor, Roy. "Lee snatches title with exhilarating late surge." Times, 3 Aug. 1987, p. 31". Times Digital Archive.
  • ^ ""For the Record." Times, 31 July 1987, p. 33". Times Digital Archive.
  • ^ "Downes, Steven. "Selectors juggle numbers for Bonn." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 31". Times Digital Archive.
  • ^ "Mr Kevin Boyd, Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics". UHL, 2005.

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