David Wilkie MBE - Swimming
Born 1954, Inducted 2002
Wilkie moved to Edinburgh at the age of eleven. He trained at Warrender Baths Club. He was the first swimmer to wear a head cap and goggles together during a race, a combination that is now standard practice.
He won an Olympic silver medal for the 200m breaststroke in 1972, and followed this up with more spectacular success in 1976 winning Olympic gold for the 200m breaststroke. He set a new world record time of 2 minutes, 15.11 seconds in the process and won a silver medal for the 100m breaststroke in the same year. During this period he also won two Commonwealth Games Gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
- 1970 Commonwealth Games, Bronze, 200m breaststroke
- 1974 Commonwealth Games, Gold, 200m breaststroke & 200m individual medley, Silver 100m breaststroke