Malcolm Barnes

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Malcolm Barnes
Personal information
Nickname
Wally
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1941 [1]
Loughborough, England [2]
EducationHighbury County Grammar, North London
Sport
Sport Swimming
ClubStoke Newington SC

Malcolm E. Barnes is a former swimmer who competed for England at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool [3] and subsequently represented the English team [4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the 440 yards freestyle event and helped England secure a fourth place finish in the final of the men's 4 x 220 yards freestyle relay, with Stanley Clarke, Neil McKechnie and Graham Symonds. [5] [6]

He was a member of the Stoke Newington Swimming Club.

References

  1. ↑ "Heston Make Amends". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 1957. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.


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