Many years later Wilkie was admonished by a lifeguard at the Virgin Active swimming club in Bracknell for swimming too fast and bumping another swimmer. Outdoor Swimmer magazine duly coined the phrase ...

When does the penny drop that you are the child of a famous person? In the case of Adam Wilkie, son of legendary 1970s swimmer David Wilkie, it was when he started visiting the homes of his school ...

British Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has passed away peacefully at the age of 70. The Scot had been battling cancer ...

David Wilkie’s performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics remains one of the most significant moments in British swimming ...

Have you ever wondered how you'd fare going up against the world's best? Badly, would be the answer for most of us. But what if the person you're challenging is your father - the one who passed on his ...

Charlie Raeburn, who coached British Olympic champion David Wilkie, died on Sept. 25 at the age of 80. Raeburn was a physical education teacher and served as a board member of sportscotland, ...

In an extraordinary bid driven by grief and legacy, Adam Wilkie has quit his job to pursue a near-impossible goal: matching the iconic world record set by his father, David Wilkie, nearly 50 years ago ...

In the case of Adam Wilkie, son of legendary 1970s swimmer David Wilkie, it was when he started visiting the homes of his school friends. “Their mums would make a point of saying something like, ‘I ...