John Gordon (swimmer)

John Gordon
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1945[1]
England
Died2021 (aged 76)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)
Breaststroke, medley, backstroke
ClubOtter SC, London
Polytechnic SC, London

John Gordon (1945 – 2021) was an international swimmer from England who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Gordon was a member of the Otter Swimming Club in London.[2] A post office worker by profession in Fulham, he missed a year's swimming through illness with pleurisy during 1963.[1][3]

Gordon received a late call-up to represent the England team[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[5] where he replaced David Finnigan and reached the final of the 440 yards medley event.[6][7]

He later swam for the Polytechnic Swimming Club.[8]

In 1977, Gordon founded the Spencer Masters Swim Team. He died in 2021 at the age of 76.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Matthissen Out". Daily Express. 24 May 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Two more for swim trials". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 29 March 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Only Thiord". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 March 1964. p. 22. Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "West girls in Empire games swim team". Western Daily Press. 20 June 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. ^ "England's Golden Girls Lift". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 9 August 1966. p. 31. Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Kingsbury captain's County title". Harrow Observer. 13 July 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Tributes paid to Commonwealth Games finalist and Spencer Swim Team founder". Swimming.org. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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