- Ian Black (swimmer)
Ian MacIntosh Black (born June 27, 1941) was a Scottish swimmer. He was
BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1958 at the age of only seventeen. He achieved this phenomenal feat by winning gold medals in three separate events at the European Championships inBudapest , competing as an adult.In the same year he also won gold and silver medals for Scotland at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games inCardiff ; gold in the 220 yards butterfly, silver in the 440 yards freestyle and silver in the 4×220 yards freestyle relay.He holds certain age-related British records to this day.
When competing for
Great Britain , he would proudly display his Scottish identity by wearing a MacGregortartan dressing gown poolside. As well as excelling in the water, he was also a formidablerugby union player.He is a member of the
Scottish Sports Hall of Fame .In the late 70s he became Headteacher of Seafield Primary School in
Elgin , he later returned to his former school,Robert Gordon's College inAberdeen , as headmaster of the Junior School, and retired in 2004.Fact|date=February 2008References
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=507 Profile]
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0077/print.shtml BBC Profile] - with 1958 photographs.
* [http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/7 Scottish Sports Hall of Fame Profile] - with recent photograph.
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