Alan McClatchey

Alan McClatchey (born 16 September 1956) is a Scottish former swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and won a bronze medal as a member of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, David Dunne and Brian Brinkley. He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also swam for the University of Michigan's intercollegiate team while studying there.

Sporting career McClatchey represented Scotland in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1975 he swam for Scotland at the Three-nations tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia and at the eight-nations swimming tournament in Mallorca, Spain. He won a silver medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia as part of the British 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley and Gary Jameson In 1976, apart from winning a bronze medal at the Olympics, he broke the British records for the 400 m freestyle, the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley, the latter while swimming for Great Britain at the Europa Cup in Italy. won seven Scottish and seven British championships that year and represented Scotland at the annual eight-nations match. He also won the 200 metres butterfly title in 1975 and was a three times winner of the 400 metres medley title in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

Personal life McClatchey graduated in medicine and pathology from the University of Edinburgh and in 1973 was a general practitioner in Bristol, England. In 2014 McClatchey was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame.