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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Haydn Rigby |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 18 December 1936 Southport, Merseyside, England |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Southport |
Haydn Rigby (born 18 December 1936) is an English former backstroke swimmer.
Rigby represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. [1] [2]
He represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada and the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [3] [4]
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