Andrew Astbury is a retired freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 swimmer from England

England

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, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain

Great Britain

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, starting in 1980

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 (Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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). In 1984 (Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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) he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestle relay, alongside Neil Cochran

Neil Cochran

Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...

, Paul Easter

Paul Easter

Paul Easter is a retired freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1984 . There he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Andrew Astbury, and Paul Howe.Easter is now a police...

, and Paul Howe

Paul Howe (swimmer)

Paul Howe is a retired freestyle swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1984 . There he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, and Andrew Astbury. He now lives in Bolton with his family...

. Competing for England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, Astbury won the 200 m and 400 m freestyle races in games record times.