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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1970 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | freestyle swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Borough of Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Wilson (born 19 December 1970) is a retired long-distance freestyle swimmer from Great Britain.
He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in fifth place in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event. The previous year he won the silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in the same event. [1]
He represented England in the 400 metres and 1,500 freestyle events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [2] Four years later he competed in the 1,500 metres freestyle during the 1994 Commonwealth Games and then took part in a third Games when he swam once again in the 1,500 metres freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. [3] He also won the ASA National Championship in the 1500 metres freestyle on six occasions (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996) [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and also won the 400 metres freestyle title in 1995 and 1996. [9] [10]
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