Martyn Woodroffe

Martyn Woodroffe

Personal information
Full name	Martyn J. Woodroffe
Nationality	Welsh
Born	8 September 1950 (1950-09-08) (age 61)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly, individual medley
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for  Great Britain Olympic Games Silver 1968 Mexico City 200 m butterfly Competitor for  Wales British Commonwealth Games Silver 1970 Edinburgh 200 m butterfly Bronze 1970 Edinburgh 200 m medley Bronze 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley

Martyn J. Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950^[1] in Cardiff, Wales^[2]) is a Welsh swimmer who won a Silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Woodroffe represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, winning one silver and two bronze medals at the latter.^[3]

In 1968 he represented Great Britain at the Olympics in Mexico City in 5 swimming disciplines - 100 m, 200 m butterfly, 200 m, 400 m individual medley, and in the 4×100 m medley relay.^[1] He won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2 minutes 9.0 seconds behind Carl Robie of the United States.

Woodroffe was awarded the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1968, and was admitted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "British Olympic Association > Athletes > Martyn Woodroffe". BOA. http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=3295. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 
2. ^ England & Wales Birth Index: Martyn J Woodroffe; Jul-Aug-Sep wuarter 1950; Mothers Maiden Name: Burford; District: Cardiff; Volume: 8b; Page: 259
3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Federation Athlete Search". http://www.thecgf.com/search/search.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 

Awards
Preceded by Howard Winstone	BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 1968	Succeeded by Tony Lewis

Persondata
Name	Woodroffe, Martyn
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Date of birth	1950-09-08
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