Stanley Clarke (swimmer)
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| Full name | Stanley Robert Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1938 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 2018 (aged 79)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Plaistow United | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Robert Clarke (31 July 1938 – 14 March 2018) was an English competition swimmer.
Biography
Clarke swam for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Clarke won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.[2] He finished seventh in the same event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]
In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[4] and subsequently represented the English team[5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the 110 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 Malcolm Barnes, Neil McKechnie and Graham Symonds.[6] Four years later he won double bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[7]
In October 1958 he finished second to Bob Sreenan the 400 yards Bologna Trophy but was disqualifed for touching the end rail which the organisers had forgotten to remove.[8]
He also won the 1960 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle.[9][10] As of 2012, he was still competing and winning national titles in the masters category.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ Mention of Stanley Clarke's death
- ^ Stanley CLARKE. les-sports.info
- ^ Stanley Clarke. sports-reference.com
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Winner Thirty Yards behind!". Daily Mirror. 27 October 1958. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "FROM OUR SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Medal Winners In Action." Times, 24 Sept. 1960, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2012. swimmingresults.org
- ^ British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2006. swimmingresults.org
External links
- Stanley Clarke at World Aquatics
- Stanley Clarke at Swimrankings.net
- Stanley Clarke at Olympics.com
- Stanley Clarke at Team GB
- Stanley Clarke at Olympedia
- Stanley Clarke at InterSportStats
- Stanley Clarke at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)