Douglas Campbell (swimmer)

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Douglas (Doug) Campbell
Personal information
Born (1960-09-30) 30 September 1960 (age 64)
Dundee, Scotland
Sport
Sport Swimming
ClubNCR Dundee
College teamUniversity of Houston
Medal record
Swimming
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Brisbane medley relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Brisbane freestyle relay

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.

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Swimming career

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]

Personal life

His younger brother Iain Campbell, wife Nikki Fibbens and brother-in-law Mike Fibbens were all also Olympic swimmers.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Douglas Campbell Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
  4. "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 7 Aug. 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.