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David Wilkie

1954 - 2024

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David Andrew Wilkie (8 March 1954 – 22 May 2024) was a Scottish swimmer who was the Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1976, the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. He is the only person to have held British, Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic swimming titles at the same time. Wilkie, a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest and Britain's finest swimmer. Fellow Olympic breaststroke gold medallist Duncan Goodhew considered him an "extraordinary talent" and "one of Britain's greatest ever athletes". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). David Wilkie is the 361st most popular swimmer (up from 393rd in 2024), the 44th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, David Wilkie ranks 361 out of 709. Before him are Aaron Peirsol, Carrie Steinseifer, Daniel Kowalski, József Szabó, Natalia Ishchenko, and Petria Thomas. After him are David Berkoff, Mireia Belmonte, Katrin Meissner, Andrea Fuentes, Domenico Fioravanti, and Michelle Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, David Wilkie ranks 739. Before him are Kevin P. Chilton, Joshua Bolten, Namadi Sambo, Al Roker, John Gregory, and Sulakshana Pandit. After him are Rickey Green, Frank Gray, John Cygan, Ricky Skaggs, Thomas DiLorenzo, and Kent Benson. Among people deceased in 2024, David Wilkie ranks 533. Before him are Landry N'Guémo, Vadim Brovtsev, Russell Malone, Wissam al-Tawil, Chance Perdomo, and Chris Gauthier. After him are Khalil Haqqani, Konstantin Koltsov, Park Bo-ram, Ersen Martin, Fatman Scoop, and Lebogang Morula.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, David Wilkie ranks 44 out of 51. Before him are Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Harini Amarasuriya (1970), and Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975). After him are Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Pooja Umashankar (1981), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (1979), and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sri Lanka

Among swimmers born in Sri Lanka, David Wilkie ranks 2. Before him are Joyce Cooper (1909).

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