Brock Whiston

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Brock Whiston
Personal information
Born (1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 28)
Romford, England, Great Britain
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Paralympic swimming
Disability Hemiplegia
Disability class S8, SB8, SM8
ClubBarking and Dagenham Aquatics Club
Coached byStewart Nicklin
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 200 m ind. medley SM8
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Paris 100 m breaststroke SB8
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 London 100 m breaststroke SB8
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 London200 m individual medley SM8
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 London4x100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 London4x100 m medley relay 34pts
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Singapore 400 m freestyle S8
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Singapore 100 m butterfly S8

Brock Whiston (born 19 November 1996) is a British Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. [1] [2]

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Career

Whiston is a four-time world record holder including beating a seven year old 200 metre individual medley world record by almost five seconds which had been previously held by Jessica Long. [3]

References

  1. "Brock Whiston - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.[ dead link ]
  2. "Brock Whiston - British Swimming". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. "Whiston in dreamland after stunning legend Long - and beating her world record". Harrow Times. 14 September 2019.