Ian Black (swimmer)
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Swimming | |||
Competitor for  United Kingdom |
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| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 400m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 1500m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 200m Butterfly | |
Ian MacIntosh Black (born June 27, 1941) was a Scottish swimmer. He was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1958 at the age of only seventeen. He achieved this phenomenal feat by winning gold medals in three separate events at the European Championships in Budapest, competing as an adult.
In the same year he also won gold and silver medals for Scotland at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff; gold in the 220 yards butterfly, silver in the 440 yards freestyle and silver in the 4 x 220 yards freestyle relay.
He holds certain age-related British records to this day.
When competing for Great Britain, he would proudly display his Scottish identity by wearing a MacGregor tartan dressing gown poolside. As well as excelling in the water, he was also a formidable rugby union player.
He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.
He later returned to his former school, Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, as headmaster of the Junior School, and retired in 2004.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- BBC Profile - with 1958 photographs.
- Scottish Sports Hall of Fame Profile - with recent photograph.
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Preceded by Vladimir Strushanov |
Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) June 6, 1959 – June 24, 1960 |
Succeeded by George Harrison |
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Preceded by Dai Rees |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1958 |
Succeeded by John Surtees |
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