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| Residence | Plymouth, ENG |
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| Club / Team | Plymouth Leander Club: Plymouth, ENG |
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| Higher education | Psychology - Plymouth University: Plymouth, ENG |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning his first international medal, a silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. (upsu.com, 05 Jan 2012) |
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| Why this sport? | He really enjoyed it so he continued. |
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| Hero / Idol | Muhammed Ali and Roger Federer. (swimming.org, 31 May 2012) |
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| Name of coach | John Rudd |
| Training Regime | He trains 30 hours per week. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He started when he was six. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2009 |
| Competing for | Great Britain |
| Tournament | European Championships |
| Location | Istanbul |
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| Occupation | Athlete, Student |
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| Coach from which country? | England |
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| Other information | FRIENDS He is close friends with fellow swimmer Steve Beckerleg who he's known since he was six. (thisisplymouth.co.uk, 3 Aug 2010) QUALIFICATION He missed out on automatic selection for London 2012 by one tenth of a second. However, as he had twice broken the 'A' standard qualification time within the last 12 months, the GB swimming selectors chose the 100m butterfly specialist as back-up for the relay team meaning they could also select him for the individual event. "It still hasn't sunk in, it's all a bit surreal at the moment. It's like living in a dream world, but in a few weeks' time I'll realise I'm racing at the Olympics. It's been such a rollercoaster year for me, failing at the first trials, then coming back and training again, at least it's good that I've ended on a high." (thisisdevon.co.uk, 26 Jun 2012; bbc.co.uk, 26 Jun 2012) |