Brian Jenkins (swimmer)
{{Short description|English competitive swimmer (1943–2017)}}
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| fullname = Brian Jenkins
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| national_team = Great Britain
| strokes = Butterfly
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|6|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Swindon, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|12|24|1943|6|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Swindon, England
| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1962 Leipzig | 200 m butterfly}}
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Brian Jenkins (20 June 1943 – 24 December 2017) was an English competitive swimmer.
Swimming career
Jenkins represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Jenkins won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and finished eighth in the 4×100-metre medley relay.
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards butterfly title in 1961, 1962 and 1963.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67592484/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7e2406ce|title=From a Swimming Correspondent. "Swimmers Give Promise Of Even Greater Things." Times, 4 Sept. 1961, p. 4|newspaper=The Times|date=4 September 1961|page=4}}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67461937/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=bf72891f|title="Strong British Challenge To Australian Swimmers." Times, 17 Sept. 1962, p. 4|newspaper=The Times|date=17 September 1962|page=4}}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50685218/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f983741d|title=From Our Swimming Correspondent. "World's Fastest Can Swim Faster Still." Times, 2 Sept. 1963, p. 3|newspaper=The Times|date=2 September 1963|page=3}} He also won the 200 metres medley title in 1971 and 1973 and the 440 yards medley title in 1963.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS134706438/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4998859a|title=Fox, Norman. "Brinkley on target, June Green aims high." Times, 6 Aug. 1971, p. 8|newspaper=The Times|date=6 August 1971|page=8|last1=Fox|first1=Norman}}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS202471683/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=60eae3cd|title=Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 3 Aug. 1973, p. 12|newspaper=The Times|date=3 August 1973|page=12|last1=Fox|first1=Norman}}{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68773149/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a300ed8c|title=FROM OUR SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Miss Lonsbrough Recovers." Times, 29 Aug. 1963, p. 4|newspaper=The Times|date=29 August 1963|page=4}}
Personal life and death
Jenkins was accompanied at competition by his long-time girlfriend Gillian; they married in 1964. After that, he retired from senior swimming and worked as a plumber at Tamar Services. Later he competed in the masters category and won a national title in 1970.
Jenkins died in Swindon on 24 December 2017, at the age of 74.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15798729.Grieving_son_pays_tribute_to_Olympian_dad_who_passed_away_on_Christmas_Eve/?ref=mr&lp=1|title = Grieving son pays tribute to Olympian dad who passed away on Christmas Eve}}
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Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:British male butterfly swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Sportspeople from Swindon