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| GRAHAM EDMUNDS |
disability swimmer | 
| Club: |
Swim Swansea |
| Coach: |
Billy Pye |
| Classification: |
S10, SB9, SM10 |
| DOB: |
22nd September 1974 |
| Height: |
1.90m |
| Weight: |
82.6kg |
| Born: |
Reading |
| Lives: |
Swansea |
| Nickname: |
Satan |
Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:51.43 (34pts) WR
7th 100m Freestyle 55.63 (S10)
7th 4x100m Medley Relay 4:28.45 (34 pts) (Heat only)
8th 50m Freestyle 25.11 (S10)
IPC World Championships, Durban 2006
GOLD 34pt 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3.58.28
6th 50m Freestyle 25.89
16th 100m Freestyle 58.59
Paralympic Games, Athens 2004
8th 100m Backstroke 1.10.13
6th 50m Freestyle 26.23 (BR)
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3.59.62
Paralympic Trials, 2004
GOLD 50m Freestyle (S10)
SILVER 50m Freestyle (S10)
Swansea Open Meet, 2004
GOLD 400m IM (SM10)
| 4x100m Freestyle Relay |
Beijing |
10/09/08 |
3.51.243 |
WR |
| 50m Freestyle |
Beijing |
14/09/08 |
25:10 |
ER |
Favourite Event: 50m freestyle followed closely by 50m butterfly – I love the sprints!
Finest ever performance/Why: 4x100m freestyle relay final in Athens-you can’t beat that. It wasn’t my best ever time but just because of what it meant - it was also on my 30th birthday
First senior international meet: 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens
Role models: Don’t have any which is really weird
My aspirations are: To beat my able bodied time when I was younger (24. sec). To put the S10 British record for 50m freestyle out of reach to anyone else for a long time and continue to be the fastest disability swimmer in UK in all classes (including S11-S14 classes)
Tip for the top: Work smarter not necessarily harder – especially when you get that bit older.
Life after swimming: Is there such a thing? I’ve had a life after swimming and I came back. I will always compete – there’s always Masters.
Music: Loud, heavy, annoying stuff. Heavy metal various
If I wasn‘t a swimmer I would be: Another kind of athlete. Probably a snowboarder or a surfer. That’s what I was on my way to do before my accident
Describe yourself in three words: Ostentatious, gregarious and eccentric
Would most like to meet: Girls – not fussed as long as they are girls.
Most prized possession: My life – especially after my motorbike accident.
Biggest influence on career: My little brother and my mother who drove me to swimming as a youngster.
Sporting Relations: Would like to have relations with lots of sporting girls.
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