Bob McGregor
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McGregor in 1966
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| Full name | Robert Bilsand McGregor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Bob", "Bobby", "The Falkirk Flyer" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 3 April 1944 Falkirk, Scotland |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chinook Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Bilsand McGregor, MBE (born 3 April 1944), nicknamed the "Falkirk Flyer", is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who competed in eight events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 100-metre freestyle in 1964, and finished fourth in the 100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre freestyle relay in 1968.[1] He was a second favourite for the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.[2] Olympic selectors could not believe that he trained in a 25-metre pool in Falkirk when the selectors arrived to critique him prior to the Tokyo Olympics.
McGregor competed at the 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal on each occasion in the 110-yard reestyle.[3]
He retired from swimming in 1968 and now works as an architect in Glasgow. He lives in Helensburgh with his wife and family.[2] His father, David McGregor, was an Olympic water polo player.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bobby McGregor. sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bob McGregor, MBE. Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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