Paul Palmer (swimmer)
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Full name | Paul Rory Palmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 49) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | City of Lincoln Pentaqua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Palmer (born 18 October 1974 in Lincoln, England) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.
Swimming career
Coached by Ian Turner at the City of Lincoln Pentaqua Swimming Club, Palmer qualified for the 200 m, 400 m and 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing a respectable 9th position (winning the "B" final) in the 200 m, and 10th position in the 400 m. After this success, in order to increase his chances of a medal at the following Atlanta games, Palmer relocated to Bath, along with Turner. Training in a 50 m pool, alongside other Olympic hopefuls at the performance centre allowed Palmer to further increase his swimming skills.
Palmer won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] A year later, at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships in Seville, he won gold in the 200 m freestyle.
He won the 2001 British Championship in the 100 metres freestyle, was six times winner of the 200 metres freestyle (1993, 1995, 1998–2001) and a six times winner of the 400 metres freestyle in (1992, 1993, 1998–2001).[2][3][4][5][6]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 14 June 1993, p. 24". The Times. Times Digital Archive. 14 June 1993. p. 24.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38". The Times. 21 July 1995. p. 38.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 10 July 1998, p. 49". The Times. 10 July 1998. p. 49.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49". The Times. 9 July 1999. p. 49.
- ^ ""For the record." Times, 28 July 2000, p. 37". The Times. 28 July 2000. p. 37.
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- 1970: Hans Fassnacht (FRG)
- 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1981: Sergey Koplyakov (URS)
- 1983: Michael Gross (FRG)
- 1985: Michael Gross (FRG)
- 1987: Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)
- 1991: Artur Wojdat (POL)
- 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN)
- 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
- 1997: Paul Palmer (GBR)
- 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
- 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2006: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2008: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2010: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2012: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2014: Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)
- 2016: Sebastiaan Verschuren (NED)
- 2018: Duncan Scott (GBR)
- 2020: Martin Malyutin (RUS)
- 2022: David Popovici (ROU)
- 2024: David Popovici (ROU)
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