# Neil Cochran > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Cochran > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Cochran.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cochran > Source revision: 1354861331 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist}} {{distinguish|text=the Scottish rugby union player [Neil Cochrane](/source/Neil_Cochrane)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Neil Cochran | image = | image_size = | caption = | nicknames = | nationality = British (Scottish) | strokes = [Freestyle](/source/Freestyle_swimming), [medley](/source/medley_swimming) | club = City of Aberdeen / later City of Swansea | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|4|12|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Neil COCHRAN {{!}} Profile {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1074765/neil-cochran/profile |website=World Aquatics |access-date=31 October 2023 |language=en}} | birth_place = [Torphins](/source/Torphins), Scotland{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Neil Cochran |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47233 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=31 October 2023}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Swimming_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}} {{MedalBronze | [1984 Los Angeles](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) | [200 m medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_200_metre_individual_medley)}} {{MedalBronze | [1984 Los Angeles](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) | [4×200 m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalCompetition | [European Championships (LC)](/source/LEN_European_Aquatics_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver | [1987 Strasbourg](/source/1987_European_Aquatics_Championships) | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition | [Summer Universiade](/source/Summer_Universiade)}} {{MedalGold | [1987 Zagreb](/source/Swimming_at_the_1987_Summer_Universiade) | 200 m medley}} {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalBronze | [1982 Brisbane](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games) | [4x200 m freestyle](/source/Aquatics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalBronze | [1986 Edinburgh](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) | [200 m medley](/source/Aquatics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games)}} |show-medals=yes }} '''Neil Cochran''' (born 12 April 1965) is a Scottish former competitive [swimmer](/source/swimmer) who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, European championships and World University Games, and swam for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1980s. Cochran competed in [medley](/source/medley_swimming) and [freestyle](/source/freestyle_swimming) swimming events. ==Swimming career== As a 17-year-old, when coached by Wally Lord at Aberdeen Swimming Club. In July 1981 set a Scottish national junior record over 200 metres backstroke with a time of 2 min 10.08 sec.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19810725/198/0013|title=Neil breaks record to take title |work=Dundee Courier |date=25 July 1981 |p=13 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 May 2026}} He was selected to race for Scotland at the [1982 Commonwealth Games](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games) in Brisbane, Australia. He won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place Scottish team in the men's 4x200-metre freestyle relay, alongside Douglas Campbell, Graeme Wilson and [Paul Easter](/source/Paul_Easter), finishing behind the Australian and English teams.GBRathletics.com, Commonwealth Games Medallists, [http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/swimming.htm Swimming & Diving (Men)]. Retrieved 24 May 2015. Living in North Deeside Road, Aberdeen at the time, he was a guest of honour at a reception hosted by the Lord Provost at the Aberdeen Town House to celebrate the Scottish swim team success at the Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19821217/174/0009|title=Games six honoured |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=17 December 1982 |p=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 May 2026}} At the [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in Los Angeles, California, he won two bronze medals. He was a member of the third-place British team in the [men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay), alongside [Paul Easter](/source/Paul_Easter), [Paul Howe](/source/Paul_Howe_(swimmer)) and [Andrew Astbury](/source/Andrew_Astbury), finishing behind the Americans and West Germans. In individual competition, he won a second bronze in the [200-metre individual medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_200_metre_individual_medley), coming third after Canadian [Alex Baumann](/source/Alex_Baumann) and American [Pablo Morales](/source/Pablo_Morales). He also advanced to the B Final of the [200-metre backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_200_metre_backstroke), finishing fourteenth overall.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/neil-cochran-1.html Neil Cochran]. Retrieved 23 May 2015. Swimming for Scotland at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in Edinburgh, he won a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley and competed in the 200 metre freestyle,{{cite news |title=Results: Day Four |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121511078/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 July 1986}} 100 metre backstroke,{{cite news |title=Results: Day Five |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121512271/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 July 1986}} 200 metre backstroke,{{cite news |title=Results: Day Three |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121510058/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 July 1986}} 4x100 metre freestyle relay and 4x200 metre freestyle relay.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121508879/ |title=Results: Day Two |access-date=7 August 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 July 1986}} He won a gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley at the [1987 Summer Universiade](/source/1987_Summer_Universiade), and a silver as a member of the British men's team in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the [1987 European Championships](/source/1987_European_Aquatics_Championships). When Seoul, South Korea hosted the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics), Cochran qualified in three individual events. He was eliminated in the preliminary heats of the men's [100-metre backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_100_metre_backstroke), but advanced to the B Finals of the [100-metre butterfly](/source/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_100_metre_butterfly) and [200-metre individual medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_200_metre_individual_medley), finishing sixteenth and eleventh, respectively. At the [ASA National British Championships](/source/British_Swimming_Championships) he won the [100 metres backstroke](/source/British_Swimming_Championships_-_100_metres_backstroke_winners) title in 1988,{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503198546/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e0a420a1|title="Results from Leeds." Times, 1 Aug. 1988, p. 31|newspaper=The Times |date=August 1988 |page=31 |publisher=Times Digital Archive}} the [100 metres butterfly](/source/British_Swimming_Championships_-_100_metres_butterfly_winners) title in 1987 and the [200 metres butterfly](/source/British_Swimming_Championships_-_200_metres_butterfly_winners) title in 1987.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501723752/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=93e05a93 |title=Moor, Roy. "Moorhouse shapes up for Europe." Times, 1 Aug. 1987, p. 39 |newspaper=The Times |date=August 1987 |page=39 |publisher=Times Digital Archive |last1=Moor |first1=Roy }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ==See also== * [List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Games_medallists_in_swimming_(men)) * [List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(men)) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=847 British Olympic Association athlete profile] {{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Medley Men}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cochran, Neil}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:Scottish male freestyle swimmers Category:British male freestyle swimmers Category:Scottish male medley swimmers Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Scottish Olympic competitors Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Scotland Category:Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:People from Torphins Category:Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire Category:British male medley swimmers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Neil Cochran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cochran) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cochran?action=history)). 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