Albert Edward Dickin (11 January 1901 – 5 May 1955) was a British

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and diver who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

, and

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the 100-metre freestyle event as well as of the plain high diving competition. Four years later he finished fifth with the British team in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. In the 100-metre freestyle event as well as of the plain high diving competition he was eliminated in the first round again. At the 1928 Games he was a member of the British team which finished sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay contest. His brother

Jack Dickin Jack Dickin (10 February 1899 – 1966) was a British Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in the Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His brothe ...

also swam the 100-metre freestyle event in the

References

External links

Albert Dickin's profile at Sports Reference.com
* * 1901 births 1955 deaths English male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Olympic divers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub