Gordon Black (swimmer)

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Gordon Black
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1944
Scotland
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event(s)
 Freestyle, Butterfly
ClubInverness Amateur Swimming Club

Gordon Black (born c.1944) is a former international swimmer from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Black lived in Aberdeen but joined the Inverness Amateur Swimming Club in 1966. [1] He specialised in the freestyle and butterfly strokes and won the 100 metres freestyle at the 1966 Scottish ASA trials. [2]

Black represented the Scotland team [3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in four events. He reached the final of the 110 yards individual freestyle, finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metres freestye relay, with Downie Brown, Alex Galletly and Bobby McGregor [4] and finished fifth in the 4 x 110 yards medley relay, with Casey Nelson, Eric Henderson and Bobby McGregor. [5]

His brother Ian Black was also an international swimmer for Scotland and coached Gordon. [6]

He emigrated to Canada and the France in 2004. He returned to Masters swimming at the age of 55 to assist with a collar bone inujury. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Water Polo" . Highland News. 29 April 1966. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Aberdeen swimmer Gordon Black" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 21 March 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Swim trials have added importance" . The Scotsman. 17 March 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "40 Years On" . Montrose Review. 24 February 1966. p. 2. Retrieved 13 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scots pensioner ripped at 76 and feels as good as his 20s in swimming pool". Daily Record. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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