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James Goddard (GBR) – Commonwealth champion, 2002, 200 back
James was born in the Seychelles but has spent the majority of his swimming career with Sean Kelly in Stockport. The double European junior champion in 200m and 400m IM has also made his name in the 200m back, striking gold at the Commonwealth Games in front of a home...
Hannah Miley (GBR) – world sc silver and bronze medallist, 2008, 200/400 IM
Hannah Miley Hannah swims in a small club in Scotland called Garioch, and has been coached by her father Patrick throughout her career. After making her senior debut at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, finishing 4th in the 400m IM, Hannah hit the headlines in 2008 with...
Jodi Cossor – lead biomechanist, British Swimming
Sports science plays a huge role in the success of club and national programmes around the world. British Swimming has been at the forefront of scientific development in the sport thanks to their decision to identify and bring in the leaders in the field to support...
Gemma Smith – Performance scientist, ITC Stirling
Sports science plays a huge role in the success of club and national programmes around the world. British Swimming has been at the forefront of scientific development in the sport thanks to their decision to identify and bring in the leaders in the field to support...
Rafa Munoz (ESP) – double world bronze medallist, 2009, 50/100 fly
Munoz won bronze in the Rome world championships in the 100m fly, one of the standout races of 2009, finishing behind the intense rivalry that developed between Phelps and Cavic. Originally from the beautiful southern region of Andalucia, Munoz spent some time...
Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – European Champion, 2008, 200IM
Mireia Belmonte is the European champion over 200IM, striking gold in the Eindhoven championships in 2008 after a strong second half of the race. Mireia gives us a quick peek behind the goggles. 1. ¿Que es lo más importante para nadir un buen 400 estilos? (Whatâs...
Jan Frodeno (GER) – Olympic triathlon champion, 2008
Jan Frodeno is one of Germany’s elite triathletes, striking gold at the Olympic Games in 2008. Jan talks to us about his training and how he likes to relax. 1. Why did you get into triathlon and did you come from a background in one of the three sports? From swimming...
Daniel Unger (GER) – world triathlon champion, 2007
Daniel Unger is one of Germany’s elite triathletes becoming world champion in the Olympic distance in 2007. Daniel talks to us about his training and how he likes to relax. 1. Why did you get into triathlon and did you come from a background in one of the three...
Amelia Rose Watkinson comes to Europe
One of the rising stars of world triathlon, Amelia Rose Watkinson has swapped the rainforests of Thailand for the European beaches this summer. Born in New Zealand, trained in Asia, Watkinson makes her European competitive debut at Mallorca 70.3 triathlon, followed by...
BEST Centre Olympic triathlon competitor Emma Pallant has IM in her sights
One of triathlon’s brightest young stars, Emma Pallant, plans to step up to Ironman distance racing in 2018. A fearsome athlete who can run most of her competitors off the course, Pallant is a multiple duathlon world champion and has competed in 70.3 races for the...
10 of the BEST
Welcome to 10 of the BEST. This is where we will give you a snap shot of some of the swimming greats. Whenever a great swimmer is on the pookdeck, we ask them a questionnaire: 10 of the BEST. Catch a glimpse of what lies behind the medals and the media profiles, who or what has influenced their careers and how they spend their time away from the pool.
Interviews
Slovakian swimmer Richard Nagy certainly has stamina.
Not only has the 22-year-old visited the BEST Centre 13 times, he clocks up mammoth training sessions while he’s here, recently hitting 20,000m in one swim! ‘My coach is very happy, because the Centre lets me train longer. And they always cheer you on,’ says Nagy, who...
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