Alban Stevens
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | Q1 1935[1] Newport, Wales |
| Died | 4 March 2017 London, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Event | Backstroke |
| Club | Royal Air Force Maindee SC, Newport |
Alban Jeffrey Stevens (1935 – 4 March 2017) was a Welsh swimmer who specialised in backstroke and competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Stevens was a member of the Maindee Swimming Club of Newport[2] and in 1949 as a 14-year-old, he was the Welsh backstroke champion. The following year he broke the junior 100 yards 14-year-old record by recording 70.2 sec.[3] He continued his junior success by lowering the Welsh record again to 65.9 sec in September 1950.[4]
Stevens was a two-time Welsh winner of prestigious Taff Swim held in Roath Park Lake in 1953 and 1955.[5]
He also played water polo and swam medley events but missed out on a place at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before he joined the Royal Air Force. In 1957, living at Morden Road, Newport, he was a corporal at Royal Air Force College Cranwell.[6]
He represented the Welsh team[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110 yards backstroke event.[8]
References
- ^ "Stevens". Free BMD. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "They swim for Wales". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "More Welsh records at Newport". South Wales Echo. 13 April 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "=Newport Junior's Record Swim". South Wales Echo. 21 September 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Taff Swim". Cardiff Parks. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "Wales day by day". Western Mail. 22 May 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "The Welsh Swimming Team". Pontypridd Observer. 18 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.