Malcolm Barnes
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Wally |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 1941 [1] Loughborough, England[2] |
| Education | Highbury County Grammar, North London |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Club | Stoke Newington SC |
Malcolm E. Barnes is a former swimmer who competed for England at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[3] and subsequently represented the English team[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the 440 yards freestyle event and helped England secure a fourth place finish in the final of the men's 4 x 220 yards freestyle relay, with Stanley Clarke, Neil McKechnie and Graham Symonds.[5][6]
He was a member of the Stoke Newington Swimming Club.
References
- ^ "Heston Make Amends". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 1957. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.