Colin Booth (swimmer)

Colin Charles Booth was a Welsh swimmer who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Booth was a member of the Maindee Swimming Club of Newport and specialised in backstroke. In 1955, Booth finished third behind John Brockway and Alban Stevens at the Newport swimming championships, establishing himself as a backstroke challenger to the leading pair in Wales.
In 1958 he was an apprentice plumber and represented the Welsh team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110 yards backstroke event and set a personal best time in the competition.