Alan Clarkson

Alan Clarkson OBE (died 2010) was an accountant and an open water swimming administrator from Great Britain and long-time British Swimming board member and a member of the inaugural FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee beginning in 1992.

Administrative Career

He was a former Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) President and an Honorary Trustee.
He represented England at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.
He was a member of a Great Britain team in an international match against Australia.
He served as a team manager on a series of British and English squads at three Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1978, the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, and the 1973, 1975 and 1978 FINA World Championships.
He served a variety of roles on committees for both LEN and FINA.
He was a member of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and its chairman until 2005.
Prior to 1992 he was a member of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee for 20 years.
He was a member of the Technical Swimming Committee from 1990 to 2004.
He was a member of the LEN Bureau since 1994.
He was a member of York City Baths Swimming Club since 1951, where he has competed, coached and captained the team.
He was awarded an OBE in HM The Queen's New Years Honors 2004 in recognition of his contribution to the sport of swimming.

He received an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Certificate of Merit in 1994.
His book, Lanes of Gold – 100 years of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, received an Honorable Mention for the 1990 Buck Dawson Authors Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
He was the first person to receive the British Olympic Association Service Award, awarded by by HRH The Princess Royal.