Glen Walshaw

Glen Walshaw

Personal information
Full name	Glen Walshaw
National team	Zimbabwe
Born	25 July 1976 Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of Alabama (U.S.)
Coach	Jonty Skinner (U.S.)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Zimbabwe All-Africa Games 1999 Johannesburg 200 m freestyle 1999 Johannesburg 400 m freestyle

Glen Walshaw (born 25 July 1976) is a Zimbabwean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.^[1] He is a double medalist at the All-Africa Games (1999), and later represented Zimbabwe at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. For almost thirteen years, Walshaw currently holds a Zimbabwean record in the 200 m freestyle. While studying in the United States, he received two All-American honors in the freestyle relay as a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving team.^[2]

At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, Walshaw won a total of two medals: a silver medal in the 200 m freestyle (1:55.85) and bronze in the 400 m freestyle (4:09.65).^[3]

Walshaw competed in a freestyle double (both 100 and 200 m) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[4] He posted FINA B-standards of 52.08 (100 m freestyle) and 1:52.75 (200 m freestyle) from the U.S. National Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[5][6] In the 200 m freestyle, Walshaw placed fortieth on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat four, he rounded out the field to last place in a new Zimbabewan record of 1:54.70.^[7] Two days later, in the 100 m freestyle, Walshaw challenged seven other swimmers in the same heat, including Fiji's three-time Olympian Carl Probert. He raced to seventh place and fifty-second overall in 52.53, more than half a second off his entry time.^[8]

References

1. "Glen Walshaw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
2. "Men's All-Americans". Alabama Crimson Tide. 17 March 2001. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
3. Smith, Neville (12 September 1999). "All Africa Games Day 1: Wittstock Causes Upset As SA Strikes Gold At Ellis Park". Swim News. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
4. "2003 Alabama Swimming & Diving: Alabama in the Olympics" (PDF). Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama Crimson Tide. p. 78. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
5. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
6. "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 125. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 114. Retrieved 19 April 2013.