Pat Kendall
{{Short description|English competitive swimmer}}
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| fullname = Patrick Hume Kendall
| nicknames = "Pat"
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| strokes = Freestyle
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| birth_date = 8 March 1927
| birth_place = Rochford, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|7|18|1927|3|8|df=yes}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1950 Auckland | 3x110 yd medley}}
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Patrick Hume Kendall (8 March 1927 – 18 July 1968)[https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article-abstract/9/8/305/1790965/ObituaryPATRICK-HUME-KENDALL?redirectedFrom=PDF Pat Kendall's obituary] was an English competitive swimmer.
Swimming career
Kendall represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Kendall competed in the round one preliminary heats of the men's 100-metre freestyle event, but he did not advance.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/pat-kendall-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/pat-kendall-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=8 May 2012}} Two years later, he won a gold medal in the 3x110-yard medley relay as a member of the winning English team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He won the 1947 and 1950 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118442751/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=eb432789|title="Swimming." Times, 31 July 1950, p. 7|newspaper=The Times|date=31 July 1950 |page=7 }}
See also
References
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{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Rochford
Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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