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Alan McClatchey
McClatchey in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAlan McClatchey
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956 (age 68)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly, medley
ClubWarrender Baths Club
College teamUniversity of Michigan
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4x200 m freestyle
World Swimming Championships
Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali 4x200 m freestyle

Alan McClatchey (born 16 September 1956) is a Scottish former swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and won a bronze medal as a member of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, David Dunne and Brian Brinkley.[1] He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] He also swam for the University of Michigan's intercollegiate team while studying there.[3]

Sporting career

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McClatchey represented Scotland in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] In 1975 he swam for Scotland at the Three-nations tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia and at the eight-nations swimming tournament in Mallorca, Spain.[5] He won a silver medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia as part of the British 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley and Gary Jameson[6] In 1976, apart from winning a bronze medal at the Olympics, he broke the British records for the 400 m freestyle, the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley, the latter while swimming for Great Britain at the Europa Cup in Italy.[5] He also swam for Britain in the 1977 European Aquatics Championships in Jönköping, Sweden,[7] won seven Scottish and seven British championships that year and represented Scotland at the annual eight-nations match.[5] He represented Scotland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at a four-nations match in the Netherlands the same year.[5] McClatchey again represented Scotland at the eight-nations tournament in 1979, broke the Scottish record for the 100 yards butterfly and swam in the 1979 Summer Universiade (World University Games) in Mexico.[5] In 1980 McClatchey swam for Scotland in the eight-nations match (at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh) for the last time and also represented Scotland at an international match in Bremen, Germany.[5]

At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres freestyle title in 1976 and was twice winner of the 400 metres freestyle in 1975 and 1976.[8][9][10] He also won the 200 metres butterfly title in 1975 [11] and was a three times winner of the 400 metres medley title in 1975, 1976 and 1977.[12][13][14]

Personal life

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McClatchey graduated in medicine and pathology from the University of Edinburgh[15] and in 1973 was a general practitioner in Bristol, England.[16][17] In 2014 McClatchey was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame.[4] In 2019 he was introduced to Wood Trained Swimmers Club in Bristol. He has three children: 2 sons and 1 daughter.

McClatchey's niece, Caitlin McClatchey, won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[18][19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan McClatchey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ Staff (15 January 2013) Permanent wall exhibition to chart 125 year history of Warrender Swimming Club The Scotsman, Retrieved 24 january 2013
  3. ^ Michigan the Olympics 1976 – Montreal
  4. ^ a b (2014) Alan McClatchey Scottish Swimming, Retrieved 21 November 2014
  5. ^ a b c d e f Gilmour, Jamie (1990). One Hundred years of Warrender baths Club. Macdonald Lindsay Pindar. ISBN 0951678701.
  6. ^ Medallists at the FINA World Swimming Championships Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine HistoFINA, Volume IV, Tome IV, Before Rome 2009, Retrieved 22 April 2013
  7. ^ (1977) Alan McClatchey The Sports Org, Swimming, Retrieved 2 June 2013
  8. ^ ""A 13-year-old breaks the barrier." Times, 28 Aug. 1976, p. 18". The Times. 28 August 1976. p. 18.
  9. ^ Fox, Norman (26 May 1975). "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". The Times. p. 9.
  10. ^ ""Record holder loses to 16-year-old." Times, 27 Aug. 1976, p. 10". The Times. 27 August 1976. p. 10.
  11. ^ Fox, Norman (26 May 1975). "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". The Times. p. 9.
  12. ^ Fox, Norman (26 May 1975). "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". The Times. p. 9.
  13. ^ ""Bewildered teenager's talent is rewarded." Times, 30 Aug. 1976, p. 9". The Times. 30 August 1976. p. 9.
  14. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 25 July 1977, p. 6". The Times. 25 July 1977. p. 6.
  15. ^ Aitkin, Jim, (20 November 2014) Trio enters Sports Hall of Fame Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine The University of Edinburgh, Centre for Sport and Exercise, Retrieved 21 November 2014
  16. ^ (2013) GP team at Wrington Vale Medical Practice Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Wrington Vale Medical Practice Website, Pudding Pie lane, Langford, Bristol BS40 5EL, UK, Retrieved 8 December 2013
  17. ^ Chambers, Pippa (28 December 2010) New and modern surgery for 9,000 patients The North Somerset Times, Retrieved 8 December 2013
  18. ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (21 March 2006). "Commonwealth Games: Determined McClatchey is the flower of Scotland". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  19. ^ Caitlin McClatchey Team GB, British Olympic Association, Retrieved 23 April 2013
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