Andrew Lindsay (swimmer)

Andrew Lindsay
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1979-10-25) 25 October 1979
Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) (2008)
Weight 57.2 kg (126 lb) (2008)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Incas, Stirling Swim

Andrew Lindsay (born 25 October 1979) is a British paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games from 1996 to 2008 winning three medals. He competes in the S7 category.

At the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta Lindsay competed in men's 50, 100 and 400 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke, winning the silver medal in the latter. He repeated the events at the 2000 Games in Sydney, this time winning gold in the 100 m backstroke. In 2004 in Athens he once again took gold in the 100 m backstroke.

He is the current world record holder for the S7 category over 200 m backstroke.

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