Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Nottingham, ENG |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Nova Centurion/ Leatherhead: England |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Law - Nottingham University: Great Britain |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Sleeping, chatting to friends, watching television and eating chocolate. (swimming.org, 01 Dec 2009) |
Injuries |
A knee injury in 2010 resulted in her missing the European swimming championships. (croydonguardian.co.uk, 27 Jul 2010)
At age 12 she dislocated her knee after achieving her first national qualifying time. "I didn't think I'd be able to swim at the Nationals but I managed to get back to swimming just in time." (British Swimming 07 December 2006) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning the 4x100m Freestyle final in Rome last year. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
Other sports |
"I'm not very good at anything else, but I like to watch tennis and gymnastics." (swimming.org, 01 Dec 2009) |
Most influential person in career |
Her family and coaches. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
Hero / Idol |
Steve Redgrave, Michael Phelps and Roger Federer. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
Ambitions |
"To make the Olympic team and feel I've achieved everything I can." (swimming.org, 01 Dec 2009)
"I am not sure whether I want to move into the law profession yet, while I have not considered being a fulltime swimmer either. I am keen to make sure swimming is not the only thing in my life, particularly as the sport does not pay particularly well anyway." (icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk, 14 Dec 2006) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Bill Furniss |
International Debut |
Year |
2006 |
Competing for |
Great Britain |
Tournament |
European Championships |
Location |
Budapest |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
''Never give up, no matter how hard it seems! And get as much sleep as you can!" (swimming.org, 01 Dec 2009) |
Sport Specific Information |
Coach from which country? |
Great Britain |
General Interest |
Other information |
CAKE MAKING She is seen as her clubs chef. She started making cakes for people while she was a student, now she is making them for her team mates bringing them to occasional training sessions. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |