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.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.
frederick, dove, september, 1917, june, 1980, english, competitive, swimmer, represented, great, britain, olympics, european, championships, england, british, empire, games, during, 1930s, dove, competed, freestyle, swimming, events, dove, born, royal, tunbrid. 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 Frederick DovePersonal informationFull nameFrederick DoveNational team Great BritainBorn 1917 09 27 27 September 1917Royal Tunbridge Wells EnglandDied19 June 1980 1980 06 19 aged 62 1 Royal Tunbridge Wells EnglandSportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleClubRTW Monson Swimming ClubMedal record Men s swimming Representing Great Britain European Championships 1938 London 100 m freestyle 1938 London 4 200 m freestyle Representing England British Empire Games 1938 Sydney 4 220 yd freestyle 1938 Sydney 3 110 yd medley 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 See also editList of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming men External links editEvans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Frederick Dove Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 19 January 2011 References edit Frederick Dove at Olympedia nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a British swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Dove amp oldid 1161960650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
