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Geoffrey Marks was a Sri Lankan superstar in swimming<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Geoffrey Marks<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Geoffrey Charles Marks qualified to represent the country at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games following a series of good performances at home and at international level.<\/span><\/p>\n

He won the popular Two-Mile Sea Swim eight times and had also set a record by winning the event with a time of 53 minutes and 10 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the same period, Marks set a number of Ceylon records in the 100, 200, 440, 880 yards events and One-Mile races to emerge as a superstar in swimming.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At a swimming meet held in Bombay, India in 1952, he had exhibited standards of International level. This event was held between teams of Bombay, Calcutta, Allahabad, Osmania, Aligarh and Lucknow Universities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marks who was an undergraduate of the Colombo University, won the 400m freestyle swimming event in five minutes 28.4 seconds – a new All-India record improving on the existing record by 2.2s.<\/span><\/p>\n

The earlier record had been established by the acclaimed Indian swimming champion Bimal Chandra.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of his success both at National and at International level, he was provided with the opportunity of participating in the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland in 1952.<\/span><\/p>\n

He ended in sixth place in the Men\u2019s 400m freestyle event in five minutes and two seconds. Nevertheless, this was an improvement on his Ceylon record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although he participated in the second Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines in 1954, he could not win any of the events.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, at the Inter-University Swimming Meet held in Calcutta, India in 1955, he won the 1,500m freestyle in 21 minutes and 35.8 seconds while shattering the All-India record of 21 minutes 40.5 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge which he experienced from the Indian champion Sri Chand Bajaj in this event cannot be ignored as he improved on the existing record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marks left the Island after obtaining his Degree from the Colombo University and found employed in Japan in 1959.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Japan he won a scholarship to study crop diseases at the University of Wisconsin, USA, from where he graduated with a M.Sc. in 1961 and PhD in 1963.<\/span><\/p>\n

He then arrived in Australia in July 1963 when he was appointed to the position of Forest Pathologist with the Forests Commission of Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marks had wide interests and he was an active member of the Australia-Ceylon Fellowship and he passed away on August 30, 1990 at the age of 58 years in Melbourne. (C.D)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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