Alan McClatchey (born 16 September 1956) is a Scottish former

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who competed at the

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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and won a bronze medal as a member of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay with

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, David Dunne and

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. He swam for Warrender Baths Club in

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, Scotland. He also swam for the University of Michigan's intercollegiate team while studying there.

Sporting career

McClatchey represented Scotland in the

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in Auckland, New Zealand.(2014
Alan McClatchey
Scottish Swimming, Retrieved 21 November 2014 In 1975 he swam for Scotland at the Three-nations tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia and at the eight-nations swimming tournament in Mallorca, Spain. 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 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. He also swam for Britain in the

1977 European Aquatics Championships The 1977 European Aquatics Championships were held at the swimming complex Rosenlundsbadet in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping, from 14 August to 21 August. Besides swimming, there were titles contested in diving, the women's event of sy ...

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, Sweden, won seven Scottish and seven British championships that year and represented Scotland at the annual eight-nations match. He represented Scotland at the

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, Canada and at a four-nations match in the Netherlands the same year. McClatchey again represented Scotland at the eight-nations tournament in 1979, broke the Scottish record for the 100 yards butterfly and swam in the

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(World University Games) in Mexico. In 1980 McClatchey swam for Scotland in the eight-nations match (at the

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in Edinburgh) for the last time and also represented Scotland at an international match in Bremen, Germany. 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. He also won the 200 metres butterfly title in 1975 and was a three times winner of the 400 metres medley title in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

Personal life

McClatchey graduated in medicine and

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from the

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and in 1973 was a

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, England. In 2014 McClatchey was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame. 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 Caitlin McClatchey (born 28 November 1985) is a British former swimmer. Representing Scotland, she won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in the 200 metres freestyle and 400 metres freestyle. Representing Great Britain, she won bro ...

, won two gold medals at the

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.Caitlin McClatchey
Team GB, British Olympic Association, Retrieved 23 April 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McClatchey, Alan 1956 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Scottish Olympic competitors Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers British expatriate swimmers in the United States Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games swimmers for Scotland Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Scottish male medley swimmers British male medley swimmers Scottish male butterfly swimmers British male butterfly swimmers 20th-century Scottish medical doctors

Sporting career

Personal life

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