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| Full name | Martyn John Woodroffe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Welsh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martyn John Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950[1]) is a Welsh swimmer.
Swimming career
He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Woodroffe was born in Cardiff, Wales.[2] He represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning one silver and two bronze medals at the latter.[3]
In 1968 he represented Great Britain at the Olympics in Mexico City in five swimming disciplines - 100 m, 200 m butterfly, 200 m, 400 m individual medley, and in the 4×100 m medley relay.[1] He won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2 minutes 9.0 seconds, behind Carl Robie of the United States.
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards butterfly title in 1968, 1969 and 1970,[4][5][6] the 220 yards butterfly title four times in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 and the 1969 200 metres freestyle title.[7] He also won the 220 yards medley title in 1968, 1969 and 1970 and the 440 yards medley title in 1968, 1969 and 1970.[8][9]
Honours
Woodroffe was awarded the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1968, and was admitted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
See also
References
- ^ a b "British Olympic Association > Athletes > Martyn Woodroffe". BOA. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ England & Wales Birth Index: Martyn J Woodroffe; Jul-Aug-Sep quarter 1950; Mother's Maiden Name: Burford; District: Cardiff; Volume: 8b; Page: 259
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Federation Athlete Search". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "McGregor Returns To Olympic Form." Times, 9 Aug. 1968, p. 9". The Times. 9 August 1968. p. 9.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Swimming." Times, 8 Aug. 1969, p. 7". The Times. 8 August 1969. p. 7.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 7 Aug. 1970, p. 8". The Times. 7 August 1970. p. 8.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1969, p. 5". The Times. Times Digital Archive. 9 August 1969. p. 5.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". The Times. 11 August 1969. p. 9.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". The Times. 10 August 1970. p. 10.
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