Stanley Robert Clarke (born 31 July 1938) is an English former competition swimmer.
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Full name | Stanley Robert Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1938-07-31) 31 July 1938 (age 83) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He 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.[1] He finished seventh in the same event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
He represented England in the freestyle events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3]
Four years later he won double bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[4]
He also won the 1960 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle.[5][6]
As of 2012, he was still competing and winning national titles in the masters category.[7][8]
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