Mostyn Ffrench-Williams
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Full name | Mostyn Yanto Ffrench-Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Mickey" | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | London, England | 12 October 1914||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 November 1963 St Austell, England | (aged 49)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Penguin Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mostyn Yanto Ffrench-Williams (12 October 1914 – 11 November 1963) was an English competition swimmer and backstroke swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, and swam for England at the British Empire Games, during the 1930s. Ffrench-Williams competed in freestyle and backstroke swimming events.
He was born in London.
In the
100-metre freestyle competition
he was eliminated in the first round.
Four years later the
100-metre freestyle event
but was eliminated in the first round again.
At the
1938 Empire Games
in Sydney, he was part of the English team which won the gold medal in the 4×220-yard freestyle event. In Sydney he also participated in the backstroke competition.
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