Brian Brinkley is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1970s.
Career
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Brinkley qualified to compete in six events: the 100-, 200-, 400- and 1500-metre freestyle events, the 200-metre butterfly, and the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. A year later in Montreal, Quebec, at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Brinkley competed in four events. In individual competition, he advanced to the event final of the 200-metre butterfly and came sixth.
He also swam in the preliminary heats of the 200-metre freestyle but did not advance.
Membership
His best performances were fourth in the 400-metre freestyle final, and eighth as a member of the British men"s team in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. Brinkley was a member of the British national team at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships in Vienna, winning a pair of silver medals in the men"s 200-metre butterfly and as a member of the British team in the 4x100-metre medley relay. He was also a member of all three of England"s relay teams, winning a silver in the 4x200-metre freestyle, and bronzes in the 4x100-metree freestyle and 4x100-metre medley.