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Alan McClatchey
Alan McClatchey (born 16 September 1956) is a Scottish former swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and won a bronze medal as a member of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, David Dunne and Brian Brinkley.[1] He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] He also swam for the University of Michigan's intercollegiate team while studying there.[3] Sporting careerMcClatchey represented Scotland in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] In 1975 he swam for Scotland at the Three-nations tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia and at the eight-nations swimming tournament in Mallorca, Spain.[5] He won a silver medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia as part of the British 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley and Gary Jameson[6] In 1976, apart from winning a bronze medal at the Olympics, he broke the British records for the 400 m freestyle, the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley, the latter while swimming for Great Britain at the Europa Cup in Italy.[5] He also swam for Britain in the 1977 European Aquatics Championships in Jönköping, Sweden,[7] won seven Scottish and seven British championships that year and represented Scotland at the annual eight-nations match.[5] He represented Scotland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at a four-nations match in the Netherlands the same year.[5] McClatchey again represented Scotland at the eight-nations tournament in 1979, broke the Scottish record for the 100 yards butterfly and swam in the 1979 Summer Universiade (World University Games) in Mexico.[5] In 1980 McClatchey swam for Scotland in the eight-nations match (at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh) for the last time and also represented Scotland at an international match in Bremen, Germany.[5] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres freestyle title in 1976 and was twice winner of the 400 metres freestyle in 1975 and 1976.[8][9][10] He also won the 200 metres butterfly title in 1975 [11] and was a three times winner of the 400 metres medley title in 1975, 1976 and 1977.[12][13][14] Personal lifeMcClatchey graduated in medicine and pathology from the University of Edinburgh[15] and in 1973 was a general practitioner in Bristol, England.[16][17] In 2014 McClatchey was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame.[4] In 2019 he was introduced to Wood Trained Swimmers Club in Bristol. He has three children: 2 sons and 1 daughter. McClatchey's niece, Caitlin McClatchey, won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[18][19] See alsoReferences
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