John Duncan Cleworth (born 20 April 1957) is a male British former

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Cleworth is a relative of Addin Tyldesley, who competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the

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. Duncan's ancestors were said to be a famous swimming family. Like his family members, he swam at the

Tyldesley Tyldesley () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the Wes ...

Swimming and Water Polo Club, where he was later declared one of their most famous members. Cleworth competed in the men's 400 metre individual medley at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. During the Olympics, Duncan announced that he was going to the

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on a swimming scholarship''Olympic Report "76'', publisher: ''Select Press'', published: 1976 and but ended up leaving the college in 1977.''The Hurricane, January 21, 1977'', publisher: ''Miami University'', published: 1977 He represented

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in the 100 and 200 metres individual medley events, at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 200 metres medley title in 1977 and 1978.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleworth, Duncan 1957 births Living people English male medley swimmers British male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester Commonwealth Games swimmers for England 20th-century British sportsmen