Peter Kendrew
{{Short description|English swimmer (born 1940)}}
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| strokes = Freestyle
| club = York City Baths Club
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| birth_place = York, England
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd medley}}
{{MedalBronze | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 1962 Perth | 4×220 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1962 Leipzig | 4×100 m freestyle}}
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Peter Kendrew (born 25 April 1940) is a male English former competition swimmer.
Swimming career
He competed for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Kendrew won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. The British relay team of which he was a member finished seventh in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the medley relay and two bronze medals in the freestyle relays at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52964|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 July 2019|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101100048/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52964|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
In the 2000s, he was still competing in the masters category.[http://www.swimmingresults.org/mastersdata/results/index.php?y=2010&v=3&c=AB1198BB-133F-496A-9B12-F2C44C3D7EE3&sw=67334 British Swimming Masters Swimming Results 2010]. swimmingresults.org[http://www.swimmingresults.org/mastersdata/decathlon/2007/index.php?swimmerid=67334 British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2007]. swimmingresults.org
See also
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Category:Sportspeople from York
Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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