Haydn Rigby Explained

Haydn Rigby
Fullname:Haydn Rigby
Nationality:British
Strokes:Backstroke
Club:Southport
Birth Date:1936 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Southport, Merseyside, England

Haydn Rigby (born 18 December 1936) is an English former backstroke swimmer.

Swimming career

Rigby represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956.[1] [2]

He represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada and the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3] [4]

Born in Southport, Merseyside, England, started Wigan Wasps Swimming Team and coached at the Wigan International Swimming Pool.[5] Hayden taught many of the national champions and international swimmers from the 1990s how to swim and is still very much involved in the sport of swimming. He continues to coach youngsters at Wigan Swimming Club Wasps and also coaches the younger groups training in the Wigan best swimming squad.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042709/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/haydn-rigby-1.html Haydn Rigby at Sports Reference
  2. Web site: Mersey Olympians: Haydn Rigby. 8 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. Web site: 1954 Athletes. Team England.
  5. Web site: BBC - Domesday Reloaded: WIGAN WASPS . 21 December 2019 . 23 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171123211031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-356000-405000/page/10 . dead .