Brian Jenkins (swimmer)

Jenkins represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. Jenkins won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] He also competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and finished eighth in the 4×100-metre medley relay.^[2]

He represented the 1962 Welsh team^[3] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia,^[4] where he participated in the butterfly and medley events.^[5]

At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards butterfly title in 1961, 1962 and 1963.^[6][7][8] He also won the 200 metres medley title in 1971 and 1973 and the 440 yards medley title in 1963.^[9][10][11]

Jenkins was accompanied at competition by his long-time girlfriend Gillian; they married in 1964. After that, he retired from senior swimming and worked as a plumber at Tamar Services. Later he competed in the masters category and won a national title in 1970.^[12]

Jenkins died in Swindon on 24 December 2017, at the age of 74.^[13]