Stanley Robert Clarke (31 July 1938 – 2018) was an English competition swimmer.

Swimming career

Clarke swam for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Clarke won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. He finished seventh in the same event at the

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. He represented

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in the freestyle events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in

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, Wales. Four years later he won double bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in

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, Western Australia. He also won the 1960 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle. As of 2012, he was still competing and winning national titles in the masters category.British Swimming Masters Decathlon Competition - 2006
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References

1939 births 2018 deaths Swimmers from Greater London English male swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub

Swimming career

See also

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