Colin Cunningham is a retired freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 and backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

 swimmer from Great Britain

Great Britain

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, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 532 participants from 52 countries competing....

. There he competed in the individual 100 m and 200 m backstroke. Cunningham was also a member of the relay teams in the 4×200 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley.

Colin Cunningham is now a swimming coach for Rotherham Metro ASC and was the clubs chief coach until 2005 when the council didn't want to support the swimming club. The club then decided to run it on their own through volunteers and now a new chief coach is in charge with Colin coaching "B" Squad, seniors and masters.

He is now currently head coach at Sheffield City Swimming Club as of January 2010.

External links

• Rotherham Metro ASC