John Gordon
British swimmer
About John Gordon
Lived 1945 – 2021 (aged 75–76).
John Gordon (1945 – 2021) was an international swimmer from England who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography Gordon was a member of the Otter Swimming Club in London. A post office worker by profession in Fulham, he missed a year's swimming through illness with pleurisy during 1963.
Gordon received a late call-up to represent the England team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he replaced David Finnigan and reached the final of the 440 yards medley event.
He later swam for the Polytechnic Swimming Club.
In 1977, Gordon founded the Spencer Masters Swim Team. He died in 2021 at the age of 76.
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Who was John Gordon?
British swimmer
When was John Gordon born?
John Gordon was born in 1945.
When did John Gordon die?
John Gordon died in 2021.
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· DBpedia: John Gordon (swimmer)
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