Stanley Clarke (swimmer)

English swimmer (1938–2018)

Stanley Clarke

Personal information

Full name| Stanley Robert Clarke
National team|  Great Britain
Born| (1938-07-31)31 July 1938
London, England
Died| 2018 (aged 79-80)[1]
Height| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
|  1962 Leipzig | 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
|  1962 Perth | 4x110 yd freestyle
|  1962 Perth | 4x220 yd freestyle

Stanley Robert Clarke (31 July 1938 - 2018) was an English competition swimmer.

## Swimming career

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Clarke swam for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Clarke won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.[2] He finished seventh in the same event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3] He represented England in the freestyle events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[4] Four years later he won double bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[5]

He also won the 1960 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle.[6][7] As of 2012, he was still competing and winning national titles in the masters category.[8][9]

## See also

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* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

## References

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1. ^ Mention of Stanley Clarke's death
2. ^ Stanley CLARKE. les-sports.info
3. ^ Stanley Clarke. sports-reference.com
4. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
6. ^ "FROM OUR SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Medal Winners In Action." Times, 24 Sept. 1960, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.
7. ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
8. ^ British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2012. swimmingresults.org
9. ^ British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2006. swimmingresults.org

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