David Lowe (born 28 February 1960) is a retired

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and

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Swimming career

Born in

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(now

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), he represented the

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at two consecutive

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, starting in 1980. At his Olympic debut in

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he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100-meters medley relay, alongside teammates Gary Abraham,

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, and Martin Smith, clocking 3:47.71. He represented

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and won three

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s in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the

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. He won the 1984 ASA National Championship 50 metres freestyle title and three titles in the

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(1982-1984). He also won the 1981 100 metres butterfly title.

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* * 1960 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming British male butterfly swimmers English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Bulawayo Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Alumni of Allan Wilson High School Houston Cougars men's swimmers British expatriate swimmers in the United States Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English male butterfly swimmers {{UK-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

Swimming career

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