Ian Black (swimmer)
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Swimming | |||
| Competitor for Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | |||
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 400m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 1500m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1958 Budapest | 200m Butterfly | |
Ian MacIntosh Black (born 1941-06-27) 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 in Budapest, competing as an adult. He also won a gold medal for Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games that year, in Cardiff. 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 MacGregor tartan dressing gown poolside. As well as excelling in the water, he was also a formidable rugby union player.
He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.
He later returned to his former school, Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, as headmaster of the Junior School.
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| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Strushanov | Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) June 6, 1959 – June 24, 1960 | Succeeded by Image:Flag of the United States.svg George Harrison |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg Dai Rees | BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1958 | Succeeded by Image:Flag of England.svg John Surtees |
Categories: European swimming biography stubs | Scottish sportspeople stubs | 1941 births | BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners | Commonwealth Games gold medalists for Scotland | Robert Gordon's College alumni | Scottish schoolteachers | Scottish Sports Hall of Fame | Scottish swimmers | Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
