Alice Mary Tait,,née Alice Mary Mills,is an Australian former sprint freestyle,butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics winning two relay gold medals and a bronze.
Mark Roger Tewksbury,is a Canadian former competitive swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also hosted the first season of How It's Made,a Canadian documentary series,in 2001.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee,NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong is an Australian former competitive swimmer,Olympic champion,and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Darren Niel Lange,from Toowoomba,Australia is a former freestyle swimming champion. He competed in the Australian Olympic trials on three occasions to qualify for an Australian Team but fell short,although in 1991 he qualified for the World Championship Team. Darren went on to represent Australia on eleven national teams including the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Two years later Darren achieved gold and silver medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria,Canada.
Adam Robert Pine is a former competitive swimmer and current sports administrator. He has represented his country in numerous international competitions,earning several medals and setting national and commonwealth records. After retiring from competitive swimming,Pine transitioned into a career as a sports administrator,where he has made a significant impact in developing and promoting the sport in his community. He is respected for his dedication and passion for sports,as well as his ability to effectively lead teams and manage sports organisations. Pine specialised as a sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship holder and national team member from 1993 to 2009 and has the longest tenure on the Australian Swim Team.
Sir Peter Heatly,was a Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation. He competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics,at the 1950,1954 and 1958 British Empire Games,and at the 1954 European Championships. He won five British Empire Games medals and one European medal,while his best Olympic result was fifth place in 1948. Heatly was knighted in 1990,before being inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002,the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2016.
James Francis Goddard is a Seychelles-born British competitive swimmer and backstroker who represented Great Britain in the Olympics,FINA world championships and European championships,and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games.
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Cameron van der Burgh OIS is a retired South African competitive swimmer and hedge fund analyst. He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and individual male Olympic champion. He is married to longtime partner Nefeli Valakelis.
Lauren Marie Boyle is a former competitive swimmer from New Zealand. She has competed at three Commonwealth Games and three Olympic Games.
The Seychelles made their Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona,with just two representatives. Cyrl Charles competed in swimming,while Elvis Victor entered the shot put. Neither man won a medal. Cyrl Charles also competed in 2016,aged 53.
The African island country of Seychelles competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,United Kingdom,held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics,except the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott.
Benjamin Lo-Pinto is a Seychellois former swimmer,who specialized in backstroke events. Lo-Pinto has collected two medals from the All-Africa Games,and later represented Seychelles at the 2000 Summer Olympics,where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Kenny Roberts is a Seychellois former swimmer,who specialized in sprint freestyle,but also competed in breaststroke and in individual medley. He represented the Seychelles in all three editions of the Olympic Games,since the nation made its comeback in 1992. While studying in the United States,he played for the Bolles School's Sharks Club,under head coach Gregg Troy,and later for the Clemson University's swimming and diving team,also known as the Clemson Tigers. Currently,Roberts is appointed as the chairman of the Seychelles Swimming Association (SSA).
Warrender Baths Club is a swimming club which originated at Warrender Baths in Edinburgh,Scotland,established in 1888. In 2013 the Club had 600 members with an active membership of 350 swimmers training at nine swimming pools across Edinburgh. Their swimmers compete in a wide range of international and national competitions including the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Warrender has been called the premier swimming club in Scotland and claims to be one of the oldest,most successful swimming clubs in the UK.
Ross Murdoch is a Scottish competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in 2016 and 2020,the FINA World Championships and the LEN European Championships,and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games from 2014 to the present. Between 2014 and 2016,Murdoch became a World,European and Commonwealth champion.
Adam George Peaty is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics,the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years,and retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021,the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title. He is also an eight-time World Champion,a sixteen-time European Champion and a four-time Commonwealth Champion. According to FINA itself,Peaty is widely regarded as the dominant breaststroke swimmer of his era,and the most dominant sprint breaststroke swimmer of all time.
Seychelles competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics,with the exception of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott.
