Gregor Tait (golfer)
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Gregor Tait (born 20 April 1979) is a Scottish backstroke swimmer, and an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain. He has swum for Great Britain (or Scotland as noted) at the: *Olympics:
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*Short Course Europeans: 2001, 2003, 2006 At the
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, he won the Men's 200m Backstroke in a Games Record, and also won the 200m Individual Medley. In addition, Tait also claimed two bronze medals at the 2006 Games. He was hailed as a "national hero" upon his return by Scotland's
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. Tait was born in
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. He is married to the Australian Olympic swimmer Alice Mills.


Personal bests and records held


See also

* Commonwealth Games records in swimming * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)


References


External links


British Swimming athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profile
1979 births People educated at Stirling High School Male backstroke swimmers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Living people Swimmers from Glasgow Scottish male swimmers Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub