About Brian Wilkinson
Lived 1938 – 2026 (aged 88). Brian Wilkinson was an Australian swimmer.
Brian Harold Wilkinson (12 February 1938 – 27 April 2026) was an Australian swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, as a member of the Australian men’s 4x220-yard freestyle relay team.
Wilkinson also competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Wilkinson was butterfly specialist and set a world record in the men’s 110y butterfly at Sydney in 1958.
He was Australian swim team coach at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - becoming the second Australian Olympic swimmer to be selected as an Olympic swim coach. In 2001, he won the Open Water Coach of the Year Award from the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association.
Wilkinson died in Sydney on 27 April 2026, at the age of 88.
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Who was Brian Wilkinson?
Australian swimmer
When was Brian Wilkinson born?
Brian Wilkinson was born on 12 February 1938 in Muswellbrook.
When did Brian Wilkinson die?
Brian Wilkinson died on 27 April 2026 in Sydney.
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Brian Wilkinson was a swimmer.
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Brian Wilkinson was Australian.
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