Duncan Goodhew

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Medal record
Duncan Goodhew
Men’s Swimming
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold	1980 Moscow	100m Breaststroke
Bronze	1980 Moscow	4x100m Medley
World Championsips (LC)
Bronze	1978 Berlin	4x100m Medley
European Championships (LC)
Bronze	1977 Jönköping	4x100m Medley

Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE (born May 27, 1957) is one of the most instantly recognisable UK swimming athletes^{[citation needed]}. He was an Olympic gold and bronze medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Goodhew attended Millfield school (Walton House). He was the England swimming team captain, and multi-Olympics champion. His bald head made him instantly recognisable. He in fact has alopecia universalis (total lack of hair, not just on head), which gives him a minute hydrodynamic advantage when swimming^{[citation needed]}.

He is also an author and motivational speaker. He was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to sport.

He is mentioned in the BBC TV series The Office during a motivational speech by David Brent (Ricky Gervais), and by The Toy Dolls in a song called Yul Bryner Was A Skinhead. He is also mentioned in an episode of Little Britain in which a bald character is likened to the swimmer and also in The Mighty Boosh, when a peacock crashes into his back in a speech made by Naboo. He has made a number of television appearances including Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment.

Duncan's 100m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002.

[edit] Labelled London Olympic Torch Relay Protests "Bad Example For Children"

After the London protests during the torch relay, Duncan Goodhew stated that the protests were "a bad example for children". ^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Biography on Agents website
• TV Appearances on IMDB

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 100 m breaststroke 1968: Don McKenzie | 1972: Nobutaka Taguchi | 1976: John Hencken | 1980: Duncan Goodhew | 1984: Steve Lundquist | 1988: Adrian Moorhouse | 1992: Nelson Diebel | 1996: Frederik Deburghgraeve | 2000: Domenico Fioravanti | 2004: Kosuke Kitajima