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| Full name | Peter Kendrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1940 York, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | York City Baths Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Kendrew (born 25 April 1940) is a male English former competition swimmer.
He competed for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Kendrew won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. [1] The British relay team of which he was a member finished seventh in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [2]
He represented England and won a silver medal in the medley relay and two bronze medals in the freestyle relays at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [3] [4]
In the 2000s, he was still competing in the masters category. [5] [6]
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