| MATTHEW WHORWOOD |
disability swimmer | 
| Club: |
Newquay Cormorants |
| Coach: |
Phil Goldman |
| Classification: |
S6, SM6, SB6 |
| DOB: |
7th December 1989 |
| Height: |
1.35m |
| Weight: |
48kg |
| Trains: |
Waterworld |
| Born: |
Truro |
| Lives: |
Newquay |
| Occupation: |
Student |
| Nickname: |
Jessica |
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Paralympic Games 2008 |
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BRONZE 100m Breaststroke 1:29.96 |
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BRONZE 400m Freestyle 5:20.45 |
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4th 200m IM 2:55.06 |
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6th 100m Freestyle 1:11.62 |
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11th 50m Freestyle 34.94 |
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IPC World Championships, Durban 2006 |
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SILVER 400m Freestyle 5.25.67 |
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SILVER 200m I.M 2.56.28 |
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5th 100m Breaststroke |
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7th 100m Freesstyle 1.14.04 |
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7th 50m Freestyle 34.15 |
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| DOMESTIC EVENTS |
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British Championships |
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Long Course |
2008 |
BRONZE 100m Breaststroke |
1:33.25 |
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5th 200m I.M |
2:56.78 |
| 100m Freestyle |
S6 |
Beijing |
08/09/08 |
01:11.62 |
BR |
| 400m Freestyle |
S6 |
Beijing |
14/09/08 |
05:20.03 |
BR |
Favourite event: 100m Breast.
Finest ever performance/Why: Durban 2006 ITC World Championships, 200m IM and 400m Free were the best races of my life!
First senior international meet: Durban 2006 ITC World Championships.
Role models: Sascha Kindred
My aspirations are: To win a Paralympic gold medal and become a world record holder.
Tip for the top: Enjoy the journey, accept sacrifices and disappointments.
Life after swimming: Settle down and have some children, become an engineer of some sort.
Music: I’m not a music based man, but anything good.
If I wasn’t a swimmer I would be: Living an ordinary teenage life.
Describe yourself in three words: Pretty damn cool.
Would most like to meet: Richard Branson.
Most prized possession: I’m a non-materialistic man so my friends and family!
Biggest influence on career: My parents for giving me the opportunity to swim and myself for doing what I want to do.
Sporting relations: I’m the only one of my kind in my family!
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