Andrew Clayton (born 10 April 1973) is a male English former competition

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Swimming career

Clayton represented Great Britain in the Olympics, both the World championships and European championships, and he swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Clayton twice competed at the

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during 1996 and 2000 for Great Britain. He is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, James Salter and Gavin Meadows. At the CASA National British Championships he won the 100 meter butterfly title in 1995. He also represented

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and won two bronze medals in the relay events, at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

in Victoria, and in

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, Canada. He also competed for

, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

in Kuala Lump, Malaysia, winning a silver medal.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, Andrew 1973 births Living people English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bradford Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

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