Michael Rock (swimmer)

Michael Rock

Personal information
Full name	Michael Rock
Nickname(s)	Rocky, The Rock
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	(1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 38) Liverpool, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Everton SC, Stockport Metro SC and City of Liverpool SC
College team	University of Manchester
Medal record Men's swimming Representing   England Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 200 m butterfly

Michael Paul Rock (born 13 March 1987) is a British butterfly stroke swimmer. He attended St. Edward's College, Liverpool, from 1998 to 2003.

As of 2008 he is a student at The University of Manchester, and is studying law. ^[1]

Swimming career

Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, competed in the 100 and 200m butterfly events, where he won silver at 200m. ^[2]

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m butterfly	51.41	NR	23 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
200 m butterfly	1:54.58	NR	24 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

Short course (25 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m butterfly	50.13	NR	11 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden
200 m butterfly	1:51.32		10 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden

Legend: WR – World record;ER – European record;CR – Commonwealth record;NR – British record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile
• Olympic Profile

References

1. "University of Manchester sports scholarship students 2006/7". Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
2. "Results - Monday 4 October". BBC News. 30 September 2010.