Glenn Patching
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Full name | Glenn Scott Patching | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 April 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glenn Scott Patching (born 12 April 1958) was an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won the gold medal in the men's 100-metre backstroke event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976.
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References[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Glenn Patching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009.
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Australian male backstroke swimmers
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- People from Queensland
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Australian swimming biography stubs