Peter Kendrew

Peter Kendrew
Personal information
National teamBritish (English)
Born (1940-04-25) 25 April 1940
York, England
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubYork City Baths Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth 4×110 yd medley
1962 Perth 4×110 yd freestyle
1962 Perth 4×220 yd freestyle
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
1962 Leipzig 4×100 m freestyle

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

  1. ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ Peter Kendrew. les-sports.info
  6. ^ Peter Kendrew. sports-reference.com
  7. ^ British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2010. swimmingresults.org
  8. ^ British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2007. swimmingresults.org