Editing Duncan Goodhew

{{Short description|British swimmer (born 1957)}}
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| name           = Duncan Goodhew<br />{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
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| fullname       = Duncan Alexander Goodhew
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| national_team  = United Kingdom
| strokes        = [[Breaststroke]]
| club           = 
| collegeteam    = [[NC State Wolfpack|North Carolina State University]]
| coach          = [[Don Easterling]]<br>(NCSU)
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|27|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Marylebone, London]], England
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| height         = 6 ft
| weight         = {{convert|176|lb|stlb kg|order=flip|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|  [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships - Long Course]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 Berlin]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships - Long Course]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1977 European Aquatics Championships|1977 Jönköping]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1977 Summer Universiade|1977 Sofia]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | 4×100 m medley}}
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'''Duncan Alexander Goodhew''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive [[swimming (sport)|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 Games|Olympic]] gold and bronze medals at the [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow. He also swam at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/duncan-goodhew-1.html |title=Duncan Goodhew Olympic Results |access-date=8 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060159/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/duncan-goodhew-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016  }}</ref>

==Early life==
Goodhew attended [[Windlesham House School]] and [[Millfield School]] (Walton House).

He was diagnosed with [[dyslexia]] at the age of 13.<ref name="Five"/>

At the age of 15, he fell out of a tree, which triggered permanent hair loss due to [[alopecia universalis]].<ref name="IndyCulley">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/where-are-they-now-duncan-goodhew-1458970.html |title=Where are they now?: Duncan Goodhew |first=Jon |last=Culley |date=3 August 1993 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Goodhew came to prominence as an international swimmer in 1976, finishing 7th in the 100m breaststroke at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal Olympics]] that summer.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/duncan-goodhew-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/duncan-goodhew-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Duncan Goodhew Bio, Stats and Results|access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> Four years later, in the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Olympics]], he won gold in the 100m breaststroke, in a time of 1:03.34, and a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay.<ref name="auto"/> He represented [[England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won three [[silver medal]]s in the breaststroke events and medley relay, at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52386|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> At the ASA National British Championships he won the [[British Swimming Championships - 100 metres breaststroke winners|100 metres breaststroke]] title in 1976, 1978 and 1980 and the [[British Swimming Championships - 200 metres breaststroke winners|200 metres breaststroke]] title in 1976, 1978 and 1980.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS135102234/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7a2deaa1|title="Evening of doubt turns into one of triumph." Times, 26 Aug. 1976, p. 8|newspaper=The Times|date=26 August 1976 |page=8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS369459899/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c29639fc|title=Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1978, p. 22|newspaper=The Times|date=27 May 1978 |page=22 |last1=Hennessy |first1=John }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185304762/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=ac6aeef5|title=Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11|newspaper=The Times|date=26 May 1980 |page=11 |last1=Hennessy |first1=John }}</ref>

As an undergraduate swimmer at North Carolina State University in the mid-70's, Goodhew was mentored by North Carolina State swimming Coach [[Don Easterling]] who led the team from 1971-1995.<ref name=NCState>{{cite web|url=https://news.ncsu.edu/2023/01/easterling-remembered-as-a-master-motivator/|title=Easterling Remembered As a Master Motivator|publisher=North Carolina State University News|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref>  Coach Easterling's North Carolina State teams won twelve straight Atlantic Coast Conference Championships from 1971 through 1982.<ref name=SS>{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/17-time-acc-title-winning-nc-state-coach-don-easterling-dies-90/|title=Seventeen Time ACC Title Winning North Carolina State Coach Don Easterling Dies at 90|publisher=SwimSwam|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=NCSHOF>{{cite web|url=https://gopack.com/news/2023/1/14/swimming-wolfpack-mourns-the-loss-of-hall-of-fame-coach|title=Swimming WolfPack Mourns the Loss of Hall of Fame Coach Bob Steele|publisher=North Carolina State Swimming|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=Obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article271213697.html|title=Alexander, Chip, Don Easterling, who coached NC State to ACC swimming dominance, dies at age 90|publisher=The News and Observer|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref>

Goodhew was selected by the British Bobsleigh Association to represent Great Britain at the 1981 European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/duncan-goodhew/|title=Duncan Goodhew - Swim England Hall of Fame|date=30 September 2019|website=Swim England}}</ref>

He is also an author and [[motivational speaker]]. In 1983 he was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] for services to sport. In 1987 he participated in [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]]'s charity television special ''[[The Grand Knockout Tournament]]''.

Goodhew's 100m breaststroke gold medal achievement was ranked 99th in the British network [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[100 Greatest Sporting Moments]]'' in 2002.

On 29 September 2001, Goodhew participated in an international relay off the coast of [[California]] from [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Santa Catalina Island]] to [[Santa Monica]].<ref name="domainofopp">{{cite news
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}}</ref> Of the eight international relay teams participating, each team had one swimmer with MS. Goodhew swam on the same team as organizer and MS activist [[Taylor MH]].<ref name="santamon">{{cite news
|url=http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/Oct2001/SwimmerwMS.html
|title=Swimming to Santa Monica
|date=18 October 2001
|newspaper=The Independent
|access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> Proceeds from fund-raising were all donated to the [[Myelin Project]].<ref name="shark">{{cite news
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 |archive-date=24 March 2012  
}}</ref>

Goodhew has made a number of television appearances including featuring in several episodes of ''[[Dave Gorman]]'s Important Astrology Experiment''.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==Personal life==
Goodhew married Annie Patterson, an American graphic designer from North Carolina, in December 1984, and they have two children.<ref name="IndyCulley" /><ref name="Five">{{cite news  |url=http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/246288/Duncan-Goodhew-Five-things-I-can-t-live-without |title=Duncan Goodhew: Five things I can't live without |first=Duncan |last=Goodhew |date=13 May 2011 |newspaper=[[Daily Express]] |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2000, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] [[Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon|Robert Sheldon]] collapsed in the street and was revived by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Goodhew who happened to be passing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Award Winners|url=https://royalhumanesociety.org.uk/the-society-history-and-archives/history/famous-winners/|access-date=13 November 2020|publisher=[[Royal Humane Society]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
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