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}} David Andrew Wilkie, MBE (born 8 March 1954) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. He is the only person to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, world and Olympic swimming titles at the same time〔(31 July 2012) (Coaches; David Wilkie MBE ) "Coached off the Coach", STV (Scottish Television), Retrieved 27 April 2013.〕 and was the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsborough in 1960.〔McLean, Euan (5 August 2001) "Swimming Great sporting moments; Scots swimmer David Wilkie takes gold in Montreal Olympics 200m breaststroke", ''The Sunday Mail'' (Glasgow, Scotland).〕 He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest swimmer〔(June 2008) "(Scottish Olympic Legends )", The Winning Zone, Retrieved 21 May 2013.〕〔(29 June 2012) "(Golden Scots: David Wilkie in Montreal, 1976 )", BBC Sport Scotland, Retrieved 21 May 2013.〕 and Britain's finest swimmer.〔Campbell, Alastair (10 July 2004) "Wilkie's strokes of genius secure him place in history – and my talent pool", ''The Times'', Retrieved 14 September 2013.〕 ==Early days== David Wilkie's parents came from Aberdeen, Scotland, but were stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when Wilkie was born on 8 March 1954.〔〔(David Wilkie Swimmer Aberdeen ) About Aberdeen, Retrieved 5 October 2013〕 His family regularly patronised the open air Colombo Swimming Club where Wilkie learned to swim.〔〔(2013) (Colombo Swimming Club Official Web Page ) Retrieved 5 October 2012〕 At 11 years old his parents sent him back to Scotland as a boarding school pupil at Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh, and, while a student there, he joined the Warrender Baths Club, one of Scotland's most successful swimming clubs.〔 It was there that he began to train intensively and develop his specialist stroke, the breaststroke under one of Britain's leading coaches Frank Thomas,〔Riach, Fraser (26 September 1970) "Poised to join world-class swimmers: Sporting Scots 4 – David Wilkie", The Glasgow Herald, Page 8, A copy is also available on the internet at (), Retrieved 1 April 2013〕〔(1 February 2003) (Coach to Olympic legend dies in pool ) The Scpotsman, Retrieved 20 May 2013〕 whom Wilkie credited with giving him the motivation to become a world class swimmer.〔(June 2007) (Past Masters: David Wilkie, Scotland's Olympic Gold Medal winning swimmer ) In the Winning Zone, Retrieved 20 May 2012〕 In 1969, Wilkie was chosen to join the elite Scottish Training Squad organised by the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wilkie (swimmer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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