James Leiper
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 1937[1] Scotland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Stonehaven ASC Stoke Newington | |||||||||||
Medal record
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James G. Leiper (born 1937) is a Scottish former swimmer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
In 1957 Leiper lived at 55 Fetteresso Terrace in Stonehaven and he was a member of the Stonehaven Amateur Swimming Club. He was the first member of the club to win a Northern District Championship.[2]
He studied at the University of Aberdeen and after the Games worked as an engineering consultant in London.[1]
He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[3] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110y freestyle and 4×220y freestyle relay[4] and won a silver medal.[5]
In 1960 he was swimming for Stoke Newington.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Empire Games". Mearns Leader. 18 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Swimming Success". Mearns Leader. 2 August 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Scots swimmers withdraw". The Scotsman. 20 September 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.