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Full name
  
Brian Jenkins

Strokes
  
Butterfly

Sport
  
Swimming


Height
  
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

National team
  
Great Britain

Name
  
Brian Jenkins

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Born
  
20 June 1943 (age 80) (
1943-06-20
)
Swindon, England

Weight
  
79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)

Brian Jenkins (born 20 June 1943) is an English former competitive swimmer who 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.

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.

References

Brian Jenkins (swimmer) Wikipedia