Brian Flook

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Brian Flook
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ4.1939 [1]
Newport, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Freestyle
ClubNewport SC

Brian F. Flook (born 1939) is a former Welsh swimmer and water polo player who specialised in freestyle and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Flook, born in Newport, Wales, was a member of the Newport Swimming Club. [2]

He took up swimming at the age of 15 and became a coach painter before winning the 1957 Welsh one-mile Championship. [3] Flook finished third in the 220 yards freestyle at the Welsh 1958 A.S.A. Championships. [4]

He represented the Welsh team [5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 440 yards freestyle [6] and helped Wales secure a fifth place finish in the final of the men's 220 yards freestyle relay relay, with Glyn Morgan, David Glasenbury and Mike Edwards. [7]

From 1958 to 1962 he was a five time winner of the prestigious Taff Swim held in Roath Park Lake. [8] In October 1958 he won the 400 yards Bologna Trophy after Bob Sreenan and Stan Clarke were both disqualifed for touching the end rail which the organisers had forgotten to remove. [9]

He later played water polo and represented Great Britain at international level into his late thirties. [10]

In 1961 he married fellow international swimmer Geraldine Francis. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Flook Brian F". Free BMD. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "They swim for Wales" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Flook Braves Cold To Win" . Western Mail. 19 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Mike Books A Games Place" . Daily News (London). 26 June 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Welsh Swimming Team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Aussie Swimmers Show How" . Sunday Post. 27 October 1958. p. 27. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Taff Swim". Cardiff Parks. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Winner Thirty Yards behind!" . Daily Mirror. 27 October 1958. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Peak Form" . Norwood News. 13 August 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Marriages Sep 1961". Free BMD. Retrieved 16 October 2025.


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