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| birth_place = [[Muswellbrook, New South Wales]], Australia |
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} |
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{{MedalCountry | Australia}} |
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{{Medal|Comp|[[British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]}} |
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]] | 4x220 yd freestyle relay}} |
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{{Medal|Bronze | [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]] | 220 yd butterfly}} |
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'''Brian Wilkinson''' (born 12 February 1938) is an Australian former [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. He |
'''Brian Wilkinson''' (born 12 February 1938) is an Australian former [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. He won a gold medal at the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in Cardiff, Wales, as a member of the Australian men’s 4x220-yard freestyle relay team.<ref>{{cite web |title='Sorely missed': Aussie Olympic champion dies |quote=See caption under photo of victorious relay team. |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/olympics/news-2023-john-devitt-dies-great-remembered-for-melbourne-1956-rome-1960-gold-medals/0eadf980-71ce-45f6-b849-616651e0e117?fbclid=IwAR05iMrHG5rxd0paXMCgkKsAYcSbepV4SqSrP |website=wwos.nine.com.au |access-date=20 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Wilkinson also competed in the [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|men's 200 metre butterfly]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/brian-wilkinson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/brian-wilkinson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Brian Wilkinson Olympic Results |access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> |
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[[Category:1938 births]] |
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[[Category:Australian male swimmers]] |
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics]] |
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming]] |
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]] |
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Brian Wilkinson (born 12 February 1938) is an Australian former swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, as a member of the Australian men’s 4x220-yard freestyle relay team.[1]
Wilkinson also competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "'Sorely missed': Aussie Olympic champion dies". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
See caption under photo of victorious relay team.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Wilkinson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
External links[edit]
- Brian Wilkinson at World Aquatics
- Brian Wilkinson at Olympedia
- Brian Wilkinson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Brian Wilkinson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- Australian male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Australian people
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- People from Muswellbrook, New South Wales
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Australian swimming biography stubs