Mike Edwards (swimmer)

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Mike Edwards
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ2.1938 [1]
Romford, Essex, England
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Freestyle
ClubMaindee SC

Edward Michael Edwards (born 1938) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in freestyle and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Edwards, born in Essex, England, was a member of the Maindee Swimming Club. [2]

In 1956 he won the prestigious Taff Swim held in Roath Park Lake. [3]

During 1958 he was based in Malta with the Royal Air Force and held the Welsh titles over 110, 220 and 440 yards. [4] He secured leave from the RAF in order to compete in the Commonwealth Games. [5]

He won the Welsh 1958 A.S.A. Championships [6] and subsequently represented the Welsh team [7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 440 yards freestyle and 1650 yards freestyle events and helped Wales secure a fifth place finish in the final of the men's 220 yards freestyle relay relay, with Brian Flook, David Glasenbury and Glyn Morgan. [8]

In 1962, he was a lieutenant in the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry and was nominated as Gibraltar's Sportsman of the Year. He had been posted there since August 1961 and won the Gibralatar swimming championships. [9] The following year, Edwards was in the Parachute Regiment and won four British Army swimming titles. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Edwards, Edward M". Free BMD. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "They swim for Wales" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "The Taff Swim". Cardiff Parks. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mike Edwards swims in with Games claim" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Ian has that golden glint" . Western Mail. 24 July 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Mike Books A Games Place" . Daily News (London). 26 June 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Welsh Swimming Team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Sportsman of the Year" . Cornish Guardian. 5 April 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "A New Hope for Army Swimming" (PDF). The British Army. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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