title: Clive Rushton
text: # Clive Rushton
  
  Clive Rushton (27 October 1947 – 11 June 2017) was a British international swimmer.
  
  ## Career
  
  He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He later became a swimming coach.
  
  He represented England in the backstroke events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 1969 110 yards backstroke title and the 1969 220 yards backstroke title.
  
  Rushton died from cancer on 11 June 2017 at the age of 69.
  
  