Frederick Dove
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Full name | Frederick Dove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Royal Tunbridge Wells, England | 27 September 1917||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 June 1980[1] Royal Tunbridge Wells, England | (aged 62)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | RTW Monson Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Dove (27 September 1917 – 19 June 1980) was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European championships, and England in the British Empire Games, during the 1930s. Dove competed in freestyle swimming events. Dove was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells. He was a member of Monson Swimming club and Otter swimming club.
In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, whilst suffering from a viral infection, he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 100-metre freestyle. At the 1934 British Empire Games in London, he participated in the 100-yard freestyle competition and finished fourth. Four years later at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, he was part of the English men's team which won the gold medal in the 4×220-yard freestyle relay, as well as in the 3×110 yards medley event.
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External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Dove". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19.
References[]
- ^ Frederick Dove at Olympedia
- 1917 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
- English male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- British swimming biography stubs