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DANIELLE WATTS disability swimmer

Club: City of Oxford
Classification: S1
DOB: 13th October 1980                
Height: 1.65m
Trains: David Lloyd, Cowley
Coach: Eddie McCluskey
Born: Oxford
Lives: Oxford
Occupation: Swimmer

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:

Paralympic Games 2008
7th 50m Backstroke 1:27.28 (S2)
13th 50m Freestyle 1:28.74 (S1)

IPC World Championships, 2006
GOLD
50m Freestyle 1.21.27
GOLD 100m Freestyle 2.57.73
GOLD 200m Freestyle 6.03.90
GOLD 50m Backstroke 1.22.26

Paralympic Games, Athens 2004
BRONZE
50m Freestyle 1.32.90
BRONZE 50m Backstroke 1.31.12
SILVER 100m Freestyle 3.12.70


DOMESTIC EVENTS:


Welsh Winter Championships 2003
GOLD 50m Freestyle (S1)
GOLD 100m Freestyle (S1)
GOLD 50m Backstroke (S1)

RECORDS HELD:

50m Freestyle Swansea 28/11/03 1:19.65 secs BR, ER & WR
100m Freestyle Swansea 30/11/03 2:55.77 secs BR, ER & WR
200m Freestyle Swansea 29/11/03 6:09.80 secs BR, ER & WR
50m Backstroke Swansea 30/11/03 1:22.23 secs BR, ER & WR
100m Backstroke Sheffield 04/05/03 3:01.75 secs BR, ER & WR

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 Favourite event: 100m Free

Finest ever performance/Why: Athens 2004 for winning medals at my first Paralympics.

First senior international meet: Germany 1997.

Role models: Friends and Family

My aspirations are: To win gold at the Paralympics in 50m Back.

Tip for the top: The more you train, the better you’ll be.

Life after swimming: Coaching.

Music: Variety.

If I wasn’t a swimmer/diver I would be: Doing something I found interesting, possibly a receptionist.

Describe yourself in three words: Friendly, outgoing and caring.

Would most like to meet: Andy Murray.

Most prized possession: Swimming Medals.

Biggest influence on career: Family

Sporting relations: My dad used to be a diver years ago.


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