Peter Kendrew

Peter Kendrew

Personal information
National team	British (English)
Born	(1940-04-25) 25 April 1940 (age 85) York, England
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	York City Baths Club
Medal record Men's swimming Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 4×110 yd medley 1962 Perth 4×110 yd freestyle 1962 Perth 4×220 yd freestyle Representing Great Britain European Championships 1962 Leipzig 4×100 m freestyle

Peter Kendrew (born 25 April 1940) is a male English former competition swimmer.

Biography

In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool ^[1] and subsequently represented the English team ^[2] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110y freestyle event. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[5] The British relay team of which he was a member finished seventh in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ^[6]

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, he won three medals.

In the 2000s, he was still competing in the masters category. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
4. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
5. Peter Kendrew. les-sports.info
6. Peter Kendrew. sports-reference.com
7. British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2010. swimmingresults.org
8. British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2007. swimmingresults.org