David Wilkie, a world record setting breaststroker and ISHOF inductee who won gold at the 1976 Olympics, died on May 22. He was 70 years old. His family released a statement, saying: “It is with great ...

Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died aged 70 from cancer. Wilkie is best known for winning a gold medal in the 200m breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976. The Scot also won ...

The Falkland Islands Stanley Leisure Centre are sending condolences and thoughts to the family and the people who knew MBE David Wilkie who sadly passed on Wednesday. MBE David Wilkie opened the ...

David Wilkie, the pioneering Olympic gold medallist who popularised the use of caps and goggles in elite swimming, has died at the age of 70. One of Britain’s greatest ever swimmers, Wilkie followed ...

Scottish three-time Olympic medallist Wilkie didn’t have a will at the time of his death, probate records have revealed. But it is understood his near £2million estate will be inherited by his wife ...

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Sketch – a trip down memory lane: The vast, cavernous Bon Accord Baths in Aberdeen, Scotland, where the lanes were once graced by the likes of a young David Wilkie, among many other Scottish champions ...

Olympic gold medallist David Wilkie has quit his local health club after he was told by a lifeguard to stop swimming so fast. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get ...