Alan McClatchey

Alan McClatchey (born 16 September 1956) is a Scottish former swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and won a bronze medal as a member of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, David Dunne and Brian Brinkley.[1] He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] He also swam for the University of Michigan's intercollegiate team while studying there.[3]

Alan McClatchey
McClatchey in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAlan McClatchey
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly, medley
ClubWarrender Baths Club
College teamUniversity of Michigan
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal 4x200 m freestyle
World Swimming Championships
1975 Cali 4x200 m freestyle

Sporting career

McClatchey represented Scotland in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] In 1975 he swam for Scotland at the Three-nations tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia and at the eight-nations swimming tournament in Mallorca, Spain.[5] He won a silver medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia as part of the British 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley and Gary Jameson[6] In 1976, apart from winning a bronze medal at the Olympics, he broke the British records for the 400 m freestyle, the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley, the latter while swimming for Great Britain at the Europa Cup in Italy.[5] He also swam for Britain in the 1977 European Aquatics Championships in Jönköping, Sweden,[7] won seven Scottish and seven British championships that year and represented Scotland at the annual eight-nations match.[5] He represented Scotland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at a four-nations match in the Netherlands the same year.[5] McClatchey again represented Scotland at the eight-nations tournament in 1979, broke the Scottish record for the 100 yards butterfly and swam in the 1979 Summer Universiade (World University Games) in Mexico.[5] In 1980 McClatchey swam for Scotland in the eight-nations match (at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh) for the last time and also represented Scotland at an international match in Bremen, Germany.[5]

At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres freestyle title in 1976 and was twice winner of the 400 metres freestyle in 1975 and 1976.[8][9][10] He also won the 200 metres butterfly title in 1975 [11] and was a three times winner of the 400 metres medley title in 1975, 1976 and 1977.[12][13][14]

Personal life

McClatchey's niece, Caitlin McClatchey won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[15][16]

McClatchey graduated in medicine and pathology from the University of Edinburgh[17] and in 1973 was a general practitioner in Bristol, England.[18][19] In 2014 McClatchey was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame.[4]

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See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan McClatchey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. Staff (15 January 2013) Permanent wall exhibition to chart 125 year history of Warrender Swimming Club The Scotsman, Retrieved 24 january 2013
  3. Michigan the Olympics 1976 - Montreal
  4. (2014) Alan McClatchey Scottish Swimming, Retrieved 21 November 2014
  5. Gilmour, Jamie (1990). One Hundred years of Warrender baths Club. Macdonald Lindsay Pindar. ISBN 0951678701.
  6. Medallists at the FINA World Swimming Championships Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine HistoFINA, Volume IV, Tome IV, Before Rome 2009, Retrieved 22 April 2013
  7. (1977) Alan McClatchey The Sports Org, Swimming, Retrieved 2 June 2013
  8. ""A 13-year-old breaks the barrier." Times, 28 Aug. 1976, p. 18". Times Digital Archive.
  9. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ""Record holder loses to 16-year-old." Times, 27 Aug. 1976, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  11. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  12. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1975, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  13. ""Bewildered teenager's talent is rewarded." Times, 30 Aug. 1976, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  14. ""Swimming." Times, 25 July 1977, p. 6". Times Digital Archive.
  15. Lonsbrough, Anita (21 March 2006). "Commonwealth Games: Determined McClatchey is the flower of Scotland". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  16. Caitlin McClatchey Team GB, British Olympic Association, Retrieved 23 April 2013
  17. Aitkin, Jim, (20 November 2014) Trio enters Sports Hall of Fame Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine The University of Edinburgh, Centre for Sport and Exercise, Retrieved 21 November 2014
  18. (2013) GP team at Wrington Vale Medical Practice Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Wrington Vale Medical Practice Website, Pudding Pie lane, Langford, Bristol BS40 5EL, UK, Retrieved 8 December 2013
  19. Chambers, Pippa (28 December 2010) New and modern surgery for 9,000 patients The North Somerset Times, Retrieved 8 December 2013
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