Alan Kimber
 Alan Kimber in 1966 | ||||||||||
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| Born |
1949 Southampton, England | |||||||||
| Died |
6 September 2012 (aged 63) Southampton, England | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||
| Club | Southampton Swimming Club | |||||||||
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Alan Kimber (1949 – 6 September 2012) was an English swimmer who won a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1]
He started swimming aged 14, at Southampton Swimming Club, where he later coached after retirement from competitions. He missed the 1968 Summer Olympics due to a shoplifting conviction.[2] Two years later he was expelled from the national team after an incident of noisy disturbance.[3]
He was married twice and had four sons: Anthony (b. 1974), Stuart (b. 1976), Ryan (b. 1978) and Andrew (b. 1987) and a daughter Ann (b. 1984). He died of cancer three weeks after being hospitalized.[3]
References
- ↑ Alan KIMBER. les-sports.info
- ↑ Conviction costs British ace a place in Olympic team. The Straits Times, 15 August 1968, p. 21
- 1 2 Jenny Makin (25 September 2012) Tributes paid to Commonwealth Games swimmer Alan Kimber. Daily Echo
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