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Born | Dundee, Scotland | 30 September 1960|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Club | NCR Dundee | |||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Houston | |||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Campbell (born 30 September 1960) is a male retired British swimmer. He competed at 2 Commonwealth Games and 2 World Championships as well as the 1980 Olympic Games.
Campbell competed in three events at the 1980 Summer Olympics finishing 7th in the 200m Backstroke in a new British Record which stood for 7 years. [1] Representing Scotland, he won bronze medals in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and 4x100 medley relay at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. [2] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title in 1980 and the 200 metres backstroke title three times (1979, 1980, 1981). [3] [4]
His younger brother Iain Campbell, wife Nikki Fibbens and brother-in-law Mike Fibbens were all also Olympic swimmers.