Glenn Patching
Australian swimmer
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Full name | Glenn Scott Patching | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1958-04-12) 12 April 1958 (age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
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.
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Commonwealth champions in men's 100 m backstroke
- 1930 – 1934: 100 yards
- 1938 – 1966: 110 yards
- 1970 – present: 100 metres
- 1930:
Bill Trippett (ENG)
- 1934:
Willie Francis (SCO)
- 1938:
Percy Oliver (AUS)
- 1950:
Jackie Wiid (SAF)
- 1954:
John Brockway (WAL)
- 1958:
John Monckton (AUS)
- 1962:
Graham Sykes (ENG)
- 1966:
Peter Reynolds (AUS)
- 1970:
Bill Kennedy (CAN)
- 1974:
Mark Tonelli (AUS)
- 1978:
Glenn Patching (AUS)
- 1982:
Mike West (CAN)
- 1986:
Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
- 1990:
Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
- 1994:
Martin Harris (ENG)
- 1998:
Mark Versfeld (CAN)
- 2002:
Matt Welsh (AUS)
- 2006:
Liam Tancock (ENG)
- 2010:
Liam Tancock (ENG)
- 2014:
Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG)
- 2018:
Mitch Larkin (AUS)
- 2022:
Pieter Coetze (RSA)
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