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Francis Chalkie White is a retired Irish swimmer and swimming coach.White was born in Dublin in 1955. He started swimming at the age of 9 and swam with the Guinness and Kings Hospital clubs. After Donnacha O’Dea he was one of the first Irish swimmers to be successful internationally. He was an international swimmer from 1968 to 1980 and was a 1500m freestyle European champion in 1975.