Jack Wardrop
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| Full name | John Caldwell Wardrop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jack" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Motherwell Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Matthew Mann U of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Caldwell "Jack" Wardrop (born 26 May 1932) is a male former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain and Scotland.
Swimming career
While Wardrop was competing for Scotland, he won a silver and bronze medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. Wardrop also competed for Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, and 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Swimming at Michigan
Wardrop attended the
Personal life
He is the twin brother of Bert Wardrop[1] and the pair learned to swim at Motherwell Baths. They were members of the Motherwell Amateur Swimming & Water Polo Club.[8]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Wardrop". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 29 Sept. 1952, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 28 July 1950, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 27 Sept. 1952, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""National Swimming Championships." Times, 18 Sept. 1954, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 29 July 1950, p. 7". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 25 Aug. 1951, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Motherwell's Olympian Swimmers". Culture NL Museums.
External links
- Jack Wardrop at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Jack Wardrop at Team GB
- Jack Wardrop at Olympedia
- John Wardrop at World Aquatics
- John Wardrop at Team Scotland
- John Caldwell Wardrop at Olympics.com
