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}} Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ==Biography== Goodhew attended Windlesham House School and Millfield School (Walton House). He was the England swimming team captain, and Olympic champion. His bald head made him instantly recognisable. He was a member of the British bobsleigh team at the 1981 European Championships (cf. We Are the Champions, 1984 Grand Final). He now works part-time at Millfield School and oddly, his Mother used to teach swimming at St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood. Goodhew made a guest appearance twice on The Sooty Show. Firstly in 1984, in the episode, All Blocked Up and a second appearance in 1991 in the episode 'Hair Today'. He is also an author and motivational speaker. He was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to sport. Goodhew's 100 m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network Channel 4's ''100 Greatest Sporting Moments'' in 2002. He has made a number of television appearances including ''Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment''. After the London protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, Goodhew stated that the protests were "a bad example for children".〔(Telegaph.co.uk ''Olympic torch relay nearly abandoned'' ) - 7 April 2008〕 On 29 September 2001, Goodhew participated in an international relay off the coast of California from Santa Catalina Island to Santa Monica. Of the eight international relay teams participating, each team had one swimmer with MS. Goodhew swam on the same team as organizer and MS activist Taylor MH. Proceeds from fund-raising were all donated the Myelin Project. 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「Duncan Goodhew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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