Stephen Nash (born 1956) is a male retired

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international

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swimmer.

Swimming career

Nash was part of the 1974 England team, where he won a

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for the 4×100 m medley relay at the

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. He also won a silver medal for the same event for Great Britain at the 1974 European Swimming Championships in Vienna, Austria. He won 100 m butterfly event at the 6 nations tournament in Minsk, USSR in 1976.

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English male butterfly swimmers British male butterfly swimmers 1956 births Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People educated at St Philip's School Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub

Swimming career

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