Duncan Goodhew
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| Full name | Duncan Alexander Goodhew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 May 1957 Marylebone, England |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Goodhew attended Windlesham House School and Millfield School (Walton House).
Aged 10, he fell out of a tree, a traumatic event which triggered permanent hair loss due to alopecia universalis.
He was the England swimming team captain, and Olympic champion. His bald head made him instantly recognisable. He was a member of the British bobsleigh team at the 1981 European Championships (cf. We Are the Champions, 1984 Grand Final). He now works part-time at Millfield School.
Goodhew made a guest appearance twice on The Sooty Show. Firstly in 1984, in the episode, 'All Blocked Up' and a second appearance in 1991 in the episode 'Hair Today'.
He says he was dyslexic; he is also an author and motivational speaker. He was appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to sport.
Goodhew's 100 m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002. He has made a number of television appearances including Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment.
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