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| DAVID ROBERTS |
disability swimmer | 
| Club: |
Swim Swansea |
| Coach: |
Billy Pye |
| Classification: |
S7, SB7, SM7 |
| DOB: |
25th May 1980 |
| Height: |
1.87m |
| Weight: |
85kg |
| Born: |
Pontypridd |
| Lives: |
Cardiff |
| Nickname: |
Dave |
Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008
GOLD 100m Freestyle 1:00.35 (S7) PR
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:51.43 (34 pts) WR
GOLD 400m Freestyle 4:52.35 (S7) WR
GOLD 50m Freestyle 27.95 (S7) PR
5th 4x100m Medley Relay 4:28.45 (34pts)
IPC World Championships, Durban 2006
GOLD 50m Freestyle 28.73
GOLD 100m Freestyle 1.02.13
GOLD 400m Freestyle 4.53.80
GOLD 34pt 4x100m Freestyle 3.58.28
SILVER 34pt 4x100m Medley Relay 5.14.56
BRONZE 200m I.M 2.51.53
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006
BRONZE 100m Freestyle 1.01.83
4th 50m Freestyle 28.87
Paralympic Games, Athens 2004
GOLD 100m Freestyle 1.01.65
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle 3.59.62
GOLD 400m Freestyle 4.56.11
GOLD 50m Freestyle 28.77
SILVER 200m IM 2.47.03
4th 100m Backstroke 1.18.81
4th 50m Butterfly 33.94
4th 4x100m IM (34 Points) 4.31.23
Paralympic Games, Sydney 2000
GOLD 50m Freestyle (S7)
SILVER 400m Freestyle (S7)
British Championships, 2008
GOLD 50m Freestyle 27.76 WR/ER/BR
GOLD 100m Freestyle 1:00.34 BR
British Championships 2004
GOLD 100m Freestyle (S7)
GOLD 200m IM (SM7)
| 50m Freestyle |
Beijing |
14/09/08 |
27.95 secs |
PR |
| 100m Freestyle |
Beijing |
14/09/08 |
1:00.35 secs |
PR |
| 200m Freestyle |
Berlin |
28/06/03 |
2:20.37 secs |
BR & WR |
| 400m Freestyle |
Beijing |
11/09/08 |
4:52.35 secs |
WR |
| 400m Freestyle |
Durban |
05/12/06 |
4.53.80 secs |
ER |
| 200m IM |
Athens |
19/09/04 |
2:47.03 secs |
BR |
| 4x100m IM |
Durban |
04/12/06 |
4.28.26 secs |
BR |
| 4x100m Freestyle |
Beijing |
10/09/09 |
3.51.43 secs |
WR |
Favourite event: 50m Free.
Finest ever performance/Why: Breaking the 100m Free World record in the Paralympic trials in April. It was something I’d been trying to do for a long time and I finally did!
First senior international meet: Swimming for Wales in a National Gala in 1994.
Role models: Haile Gabre-Selassie, for always smiling no matter what.
My aspirations are: To keep doing my best.
Tip for the top: Enjoy what you do and never force it.
Life after swimming: Sleeping on a beach! Hopefully stay involved in swimming and put something back into the sport I’ve got so much from.
Music: Anything.
If I wasn’t a swimmer/diver I would be: Playing rugby for Wales.
Describe yourself in three words: Large, loud and friendly.
Would most like to meet: Nelson Mandela
Most prized possession: My first Paralympic gold medal.
Biggest influence on career: My dad, for always getting up really early and taking me training.
Sporting relations: No.
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