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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 different languages on Wikipedia. David Wilkie is the 347th most popular swimmer (up from 391st in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 45th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, David Wilkie ranks 347 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 507. Before him are Craig Shakespeare, Sol Bamba, Raema Lisa Rumbewas, Landry N'Guémo, Chance Perdomo, and Chris Gauthier. After him are Xu Chao, George Baldock, Tomonobu Yokoyama, Jacques Freitag, Darius Morris, and Matija Sarkic.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, David Wilkie ranks 43 out of 51. Before him are Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), and Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975). After him are Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Pooja Umashankar (1981), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976), and Mahela Jayawardene (1977).

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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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