Martyn John Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950) is a Welsh swimmer.

Swimming career

He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games. Woodroffe was born in

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. He represented

at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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, winning one silver and two bronze medals at the latter. In 1968 he represented

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in five swimming disciplines - 100 m, 200 m

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, 200 m, 400 m

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, and in the 4×100 m medley relay. He won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2 minutes 9.0 seconds, behind

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of the

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. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 110 yards butterfly title in 1968, 1969 and 1970, the 220 yards butterfly title four times in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 and the 1969 200 metres freestyle title. He also won the 220 yards medley title in 1968, 1969 and 1970 and the 440 yards medley title in 1968, 1969 and 1970.

Honours

Woodroffe was awarded the

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in 1968, and was admitted into the

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in 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodroffe, Martyn 1950 births Living people Welsh male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Welsh Olympic medallists Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Sportspeople from Cardiff Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

Honours

See also

References