Ian Wilson
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1970-12-19) 19 December 1970
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Sport
Sportfreestyle swimming
ClubBorough of Sunderland
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle
European Championships - Long Course
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens 1500 m freestyle
European Championships - Short Course
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 1500 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 1500 m freestyle

Ian Wilson (born 19 December 1970) is a retired long-distance freestyle swimmer from Great Britain.

Swimming career

He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in fifth place in the men's 1500-metre freestyle event. The previous year he won the silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in the same event.[1]

He represented England in the 400 metres and 1,500 freestyle events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Four years later he competed in the 1,500 metres freestyle during the 1994 Commonwealth Games and then took part in a third Games when he swam once again in the 1,500 metres freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3] He also won the ASA National Championship in the 1500 metres freestyle on six occasions (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996) [4][5][6][7][8] and also won the 400 metres freestyle title in 1995 and 1996.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 1 Aug. 1994, p. 23". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1996, p. 51". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ↑ ""Results from Crystal Palace." Times, 30 July 1990, p. 30". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ↑ "Lord, Craig. "Rolley focuses on new horizon." Times, 2 Aug. 1991, p. 35". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ↑ "Lord, Craig. "Baker passes demanding examination of character." Times, 12 June 1992, p. 32". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
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