Gavin Meadows

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Gavin Meadows

Personal information

Full name

Gavin Meadows

Nationality

British

Born

8 September 1977
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

82 kilograms (181 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle

Club

City of Leeds Swim Club

Medal record

Competitor for Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Bronze	1998 Perth	4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver	1999 Hong Kong	4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold	1997 Seville	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1999 Istanbul	4×200 m freestyle
Competitor for England
Commenwealth Games (LC)
Silver	1998 Kuala Lumper	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1998 Kuala Lumper	4×100 m medley
Bronze	1998 Kuala Lumper	100 m freestyle
Bronze	1998 Kuala Lumper	4×100 m freestyle

Gavin Meadows (born 8 September 1977 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.

Meadows competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. A member of the City of Leeds Swim Club he is best known for winning the 1997 European title in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Palmer, Andrew Clayton and James Salter.

References

Profile

European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1926: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berges, Heinrich)
1927: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berges, Heinrich)
1931: Hungary (Wanié, Szabados, Székely, Bárány)
1934: Hungary (Gróf, Maróthy, Csik, Lengyel)
1938: Germany (Birr, Heimlich, Freese, Plath)
1947: Sweden (Olsson, Lundén, Östrand, Johansson)
1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm, Östrand, Johansson, Larsson)
1954: Hungary (Till, Dömötör, Kádas, Nyéki)
1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev, Struzhanov, Luzhkovsky, Nikitin)
1962: Sweden (Rosendahl, Lindberg, Svensson, Bengtsson)
1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichov, Belits-Geiman, Pletnev, Novikov)
1970: West Germany (Lampe, Von Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Meeuw, Nocke)
1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov, Rusin, Kopliakov, Krylov)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Kopliakov)
1983: West Germany (Fahrner, Schowtka, Schmidt, Groß)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Gross, Schadt, Fahrner)
1987: West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner, Groß)
1989: Italy (Trevisan, Gleria, Lamberti, Battistelli)
1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi)
1993: Russia (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Mukin, Sadovyi)
1995: Germany (Keller, Lampe, Spanneberg, Zesner)
1997: Great Britain (Palmer, Clayton, Meadows, Salter)
1999: Germany (Keller, Pohl, Conrad, Kiedel)
2000: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cercato, Brembilla)
2002: Italy (Pelliciari, Brembilla, Cappellazzo, Rosolino)
2004: Italy (Brembilla, Pelliciari, Rosolino, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Rosolino, Berbotto, Cassio, Magnini)
2008: Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino, Cassio, Magnini)
2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)
2012: Germany (Biedermann, Colupaev, Rapp, Wallburger)

Persondata
Name	Meadows, Gavin
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	8 September 1977
Place of birth	Leeds, West Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death

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