John Derbyshire (swimmer)
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| Full name | John Henry Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Rob" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 28 November 1878 Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. St Pancras, London, England |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Osborne Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Henry "Rob" Derbyshire (29 November 1878 – 25 November 1938) was an English freestyle swimmer and water polo player from Chorlton, Lancashire,[1] who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.
In the 1900 Olympics he was a member of gold medal winning British water polo team. Six years later at Athens he won a bronze medal as a member of British 4×250 metre freestyle relay team and also competed in the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events. Two years later at London he won a gold medal as a member of British 4×200 metre freestyle relay team and was second in his heat of 100 metre freestyle and did not advance. Four years later at Stockholm he was third in his heat of 100 metre freestyle and did not advance.
In 1921 Derbyshire was a founding member of the Penguin Swimming Club, later to become the Hammersmith Penguin Swimming Club through their merger with the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club (itself founded by his wife Alice in 1916) in 1976, which was renamed the West London Penguin Swimming and Water Polo Club in 2006.
See also
References
- ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: John Henry Derbyshire; Jan-Feb-Mar quarter 1879; District: Chorlton; Volume: 8c; Page: 806.
External links
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