Hugh Jenkins (swimmer)

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Hugh Jenkins
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born1943 (age 81–82)
Newport, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Breaststroke
ClubHowardian High School SC

Ronald Hugh Jenkins (born 1943) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in breaststroke and competed at two Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Jenkins attended the Howardian High School and while a pupil at the school he became a world class swimmer in the breastroke. He became the Welsh junior and Glamorgan senior breaststroke champion. [1] Jenkins also held the junior 100 yards butterfly record in 1958 with a time of 74.4 seconds. [2] He was a member of the Howardian High School Swimming Club. [3]

He represented the Welsh team [4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he reached the final of the 220 yards breaststroke. [5] His time qualifying for the final was another junior record of 2min 52.6 sec. [6]

In 1965 Jenkins was at the Cardiff Teacher Training College. [7]

Jenkins went to his second Commonwealth Games, representing the 1966 Welsh team [8] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the breaststroke events [9] and the medley relay with Roddy Jones, Martyn Woodroffe and Keith Ross. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Welsh successes" . Western Mail. 19 April 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Schoolboy breaks his own record" . Western Mail. 21 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "The Welsh Swimming Team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Welshmen reach final of breaststroke event" . Western Mail. 22 July 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Best ever" . Western Mail. 22 July 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Janice wins and helps ambition" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 17 July 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 27 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Swimming 440 Yard Medley Relay - Men Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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