Peter Kendrew
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| National team | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1940 York, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | York City Baths Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Kendrew (born 25 April 1940) is a male English former competition swimmer.
Biography
In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[1] and subsequently represented the English team[2] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110y freestyle event.[3][4]
He competed for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Kendrew won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.[5] The British relay team of which he was a member finished seventh in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, he won three medals.
In the 2000s, he was still competing in the masters category.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ Peter Kendrew. les-sports.info
- ^ Peter Kendrew. sports-reference.com
- ^ British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2010. swimmingresults.org
- ^ British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2007. swimmingresults.org