Bob Sreenan

Bob Sreenan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1934-05-07) 7 May 1934
Manchester, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Event
Freestyle
ClubDundee Whitehall
Medal record
Representing
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff 4×220y relay

Robert Christie Sreenan (born 7 May 1934) is a British former swimmer. Sreenan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Sreenan was a member of the Dundee Whitehall Swimming Club[2] and won the 1957 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.[3]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 440y freestyle, 1650y freestyle and 4×220y freestyle relay[5] and won a silver medal.[6]

In October 1958 he won the 400 yards Bologna Trophy but was disqualifed for touching the end rail which the organisers had forgotten to remove.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Scots Swimmers for Moscow". Sunday Post. 2 June 1957. p. 28. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ ""Four Swimming Records." Times, 11 Sept. 1957, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Winner Thirty Yards behind!". Daily Mirror. 27 October 1958. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.