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| Full name | Robert Bilsand McGregor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Bob", "Bobby", "The Falkirk Flyer" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1944 Falkirk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chinook Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Bilsand McGregor, MBE (born 3 April 1944), nicknamed the "Falkirk Flyer", is a Scottish former competitive swimmer.
He competed in eight events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle in 1964, and finished fourth in the 100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre freestyle relay in 1968. [1] He was a second favourite for the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. [2] Olympic selectors could not believe that he trained in a 25-metre pool in Falkirk when the selectors arrived to critique him prior to the Tokyo Olympics.
McGregor competed at the 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal on each occasion in the 110-yard freestyle. [3]
He is a six times winner of the British Championship in 100 metres freestyle (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1968). In the 1963 event he set a world record in the heats (54.4 sec) and the final (54.1 sec). [4] He also won the 1963 200 metres freestyle. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
He retired from swimming in 1968 and now works as an architect in Glasgow. He lives in Helensburgh with his wife and family. [2] His father, David McGregor, was an Olympic water polo player. [1]
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The British swimming champions over 100 metres freestyle, formerly the are listed below.
The British swimming champions over 1500 metres freestyle, formerly the are listed below.
The British swimming champions over 200 metres breaststroke, formerly the are listed below. The event was originally contested over 220 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 200 metres in 1971.
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The British Diving Championships - 3 metre springboard winners formerly the are listed below.
The British Diving Championships - platform winners formerly the are listed below.
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