Albert Edward Dickin (11 January 1901 – 5 May 1955) was a British

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and diver who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

, and

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the 100-metre freestyle event as well as of the plain high diving competition. Four years later he finished fifth with the British team in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. In the 100-metre freestyle event as well as of the plain high diving competition he was eliminated in the first round again. At the 1928 Games he was a member of the British team which finished sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay contest. His brother Jack Dickin also swam the 100-metre freestyle event in the

References

External links

Albert Dickin's profile at Sports Reference.com
* * 1901 births 1955 deaths English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Olympic divers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics People from Brentford Swimmers from the London Borough of Hounslow English male divers 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub