Congats Tony Goodwin!
Tony Goodwin has been a Masters competitor for over 30 years.
Tony was a highly competitive swimmer in his youth, with breaststroke his specialty. When he turned 20, he left the sport. He did not return to the sport to swim competitively for 35 years, although he’d stayed in shape playing cricket. He quickly returned to competitive form, breaking FINA/World Masters records. He has broken his own records in the three breaststroke distances, multiple times, including eight times last year and ten times in the previous year.
With the recent death of his wife, Tony was despondent and found himself simply going through the motions in the pool. Encouraged by his son, he and his family traveled to the Fukuoka World Championships in 2023 where at 85, he came away with four golds in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, and the 200m individual medley. All three breaststroke events were FINA/World records. He also added placement points to his totals with a silver and bronze medal.
