Duncan Goodhew

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Duncan Goodhew
MBE
Personal information
Full nameDuncan Alexander Goodhew
National teamUnited Kingdom
Born (1957-05-27) 27 May 1957 (age 66)
Marylebone, London, England
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Weight12 st 8 lb; 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team North Carolina State University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Moscow 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley
World Championships - Long Course
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley
European Championships - Long Course
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1977 Sofia 100 m breaststroke
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley

Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Early life

Goodhew attended Windlesham House School and Millfield School (Walton House).

He was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 13. [2]

At the age of 15, he fell out of a tree, which triggered permanent hair loss due to alopecia universalis. [3]

Career

Goodhew came to prominence as an international swimmer in 1976, finishing 7th in the 100m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics that summer. [4] Four years later, in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, he won gold in the 100m breaststroke, in a time of 1:03.34, and a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay. [4] He represented England and won three silver medals in the breaststroke events and medley relay, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [5] [6] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1976, 1978 and 1980 and the 200 metres breaststroke title in 1976, 1978 and 1980. [7] [8] [9]

Goodhew was selected by the British Bobsleigh Association to represent Great Britain at the 1981 European Championships. [10]

He is also an author and motivational speaker. In 1983 he was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to sport. In 1987 he participated in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament .

Goodhew's 100m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002.

On 29 September 2001, Goodhew participated in an international relay off the coast of California from Santa Catalina Island to Santa Monica. [11] Of the eight international relay teams participating, each team had one swimmer with MS. Goodhew swam on the same team as organizer and MS activist Taylor MH. [12] Proceeds from fund-raising were all donated to the Myelin Project. [13]

Goodhew has made a number of television appearances including featuring in several episodes of Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Goodhew married Annie Patterson, an American graphic designer from North Carolina, in December 1984, and they have two children. [3] [2]

In 2000, Labour MP Robert Sheldon collapsed in the street and was revived by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Goodhew who happened to be passing. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duncan Goodhew Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Goodhew, Duncan (13 May 2011). "Duncan Goodhew: Five things I can't live without". Daily Express . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Culley, Jon (3 August 1993). "Where are they now?: Duncan Goodhew". The Independent . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Duncan Goodhew Bio, Stats and Results". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ↑ ""Evening of doubt turns into one of triumph." Times, 26 Aug. 1976, p. 8". The Times. 26 August 1976. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Hennessy, John (27 May 1978). "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1978, p. 22". The Times. p. 22.
  9. ↑ Hennessy, John (26 May 1980). "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11". The Times. p. 11.
  10. ↑ "Duncan Goodhew - Swim England Hall of Fame". Swim England. 30 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Home". DomainofOpportunity.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  12. ↑ "Swimming to Santa Monica". The Independent. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  13. ↑ Eldred, Georgia. "Mike Does His Charity Swim, With Dolphins...And a Shark". South London Press . Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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