Douglas Campbell (born 30 September 1960) is a male retired British swimmer. He competed at 2 Commonwealth Games and 2 World Championships as well as the 1980 Olympic Games.

Swimming career

Campbell competed in three events at the 1980 Summer Olympics finishing 7th in the 200m Backstroke in a new British Record which stood for 7 years.[1] Representing Scotland, he won bronze medals in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and 4x100 medley relay at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[2] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title in 1980 and the 200 metres backstroke title three times (1979, 1980, 1981).[3][4]

Personal life

His younger brother Iain Campbell, wife Nikki Fibbens and brother-in-law Mike Fibbens were all also Olympic swimmers.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Douglas Campbell Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 7 Aug. 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Campbell_(swimmer)
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