Malcolm Windeatt

Malcolm Windeatt
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1952-04-05) 5 April 1952
Torquay, Devon, England
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubTorquay Leander
Harpurhey
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1970 Edinburgh4×100 m freestyle

Malcolm Barrie Windeatt (born 5 April 1952) is a former British international swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

Swimming career

Born in Torquay, Windeatt moved to Manchester in his late teens due to a lack of suitable training facilities in his home town, choosing to study at the University of Manchester.[2][3]

Windeatt represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning a bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, and finishing eighth in the individual 100 m freestyle.[4][5][6]

Windeatt represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, swimming the individual 100 m freestyle, where he did not progress beyond the heats, and forming part of the 4×100 m medley relay team who finished seventh.

Windeatt is a four times winner of the British Championship in 100 metres freestyle (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972).[7][8][9][10]

In 1976 he married fellow international swimmer Sally Pickering.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Malcolm Barrie Windeatt". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Sport in Brief". The Guardian. 3 November 1971. p. 23.
  3. ↑ "Ruffled Scots Agree on Finance". The Guardian. 2 April 1973. p. 19.
  4. ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ↑ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ↑ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ↑ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
  11. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Boy oh Boyd...". Daily Express. 8 April 1983. p. 35. Retrieved 29 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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