Education
Boyd attended Hymers College in Hull and, along with elder brother Stephen, joined the local swimming club Hull Olympic in 1972.
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He competed internationally in freestyle swimming events. He soon became a proficient swimmer at local and county level in backstroke events, before switching to freestyle in his teens. He joined the Borough of South Tyneside swimming club in 1984 after beginning his degree in medicine at Durham University.
He competed in the 400-metre freestyle and the 1500-metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea, finishing 7th in both finals.
Boyd gave up swimming in 1991 and now works as an orthopaedics specialist and lecturer at University Hospitals Leicester.
Membership
He was a member of the British men"s squad that competed in the qualifying heats of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
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