Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Patrick Hume Kendall | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Pat" | ||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Born | 8 March 1927 Rochford, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 18 July 1968(1968-07-18) (aged 41) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Patrick Hume Kendall (8 March 1927 – 18 July 1968) 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. 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.
See also
References
- Pat Kendall's obituary
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pat Kendall". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ""Swimming." Times, 31 July 1950, p. 7". The Times. 31 July 1950. p. 7.
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