Andrew Clayton

Andrew Clayton was born on April 10,1973 at Bradford, England and is a male English former competition swimmer.

Andrew Clayton

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Clayton
National team	Great Britain
Born	April 10, 1973 Bradford, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 1997 Seville 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x200 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 4x200 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 4x100 m freestyle

Swimming career

Clayton represented Great Britain in the Olympics, both the World championships and European championships, and he swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Clayton twice competed at the Summer Olympics during 1996 and 2000 for Great Britain.[1] He is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, James Salter and Gavin Meadows. At the CASA National British Championships he won the 100 meter butterfly title in 1995.[2]

He also represented England and won two bronze medals in the relay events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, and in British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] He also competed for England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lump, Malaysia, winning a silver medal.[5][6][7]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
3. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
4. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
6. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Clayton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.