At the age of only 19, Rebecca Cooke has already become something of a fixture on the GB and English national teams since her first senior international appearance, way back at the 1998 European Short Course, competing at the Sydney Olympics and … Continue Reading→
Since he took over as British National Performance Director about 18 months ago, there is no doubt that Bill Sweetenham has made his mark on British swimming. We have already we have seen some quite radical changes, for example to the … Continue Reading→
Despite the fact that he is only 25 James Hickman seems to have been around at the top of British swimming for a very long time, and indeed won his first senior national title almost 10 years ago. He really burst onto the world scene however with appearances in both butterfly finals at the Atlanta … Continue Reading→
There are few more imposing figures in British swimming than 6'4" fly swimmer Steve Parry. The former European Junior Champion has stepped up to become one of Britain's top senior swimmers with European Championship bronze medals for 200 fly both long and short course and a sixth place finish in the same event at last … Continue Reading→
James Parrack was one of Britains outstanding breastroke swimmers of the late 80's and early 90's. He represented Britain at the Seoul Olympics and England at the Auckland Commonwealth Games, where he won silver in the 100m breastroke, and still holds two masters world records (for 50 and 100 breastroke) in the 25-29 … Continue Reading→