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Full name | Andrew Roy Philip Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Halton, England | 25 July 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | University of Stirling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Roy Philip Hunter (born 25 July 1986) is a British former competitive swimmer and freestyler who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.
Hunter trained and studied at Millfield School from 2002 to 2004. [1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he swam for the British men's team in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay swimming, which came sixth in the event finals.
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