Hugh Jenkins (swimmer)

Jenkins attended the Howardian High School and while a pupil at the school he became a world class swimmer in the breastroke. He became the Welsh junior and Glamorgan senior breaststroke champion.^[1] Jenkins also held the junior 100 yards butterfly record in 1958 with a time of 74.4 seconds.^[2] He was a member of the Howardian High School Swimming Club.^[3]

He represented the Welsh team^[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he reached the final of the 220 yards breaststroke.^[5] His time qualifying for the final was another junior record of 2min 52.6 sec.^[6]

In 1965 Jenkins was at the Cardiff Teacher Training College.^[7]

Jenkins went to his second Commonwealth Games, representing the 1966 Welsh team^[8] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the breaststroke events^[9] and the medley relay with Roddy Jones, Martyn Woodroffe and Keith Ross.^[10]