Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008                                                       
5th 100m Backstroke 1:14.38 (S9)                                                          
6th 100m Butterfly 1:12.19 (S9)

DOMESTIC EVENTS

British Championships, Sheffield 2008

5th 100m Butterfly, 1:14.46

8th 100m Backstroke, 1:20.45

8th 200m Individual Medley, 2:59.81

                            

REORDS HELD

100m Butterfly            S9         Beijing       07/09/08            1:12.19           BR

GENERAL INFORMATION

Favourite Event: 200m backstroke

Finest ever performance/Why: The 100m butterfly at the Olympic trials in Sheffield to qualify for Beijing. It was the massivest PB ever and I just went aaaaargh!!

First senior international meet: German Open Berlin 2008

Role models: Sarah Bailey / Kelly Holmes / Muhammed Ali

My aspirations are: To do another Paralympics and the Olympics like Natalie Du Toit.
To make people like me into people like Natalie Du Toit.

Tip for the top:  It is 50% in the head 50% in the body
I am so fast I can switch the light off and be in bed before it gets dark (Muhammed Ali)

Life after swimming: Physio – it is one of the things that has got me through my injuries

Music: Things with a beat but more rock and indy

If I wasn‘t a swimmer I would be a: Drummer
 
Describe yourself in three words: Smiley, dipsy and ginger

Would most like to meet: My mums dad

Most prized possession: My rainbow float

Biggest influence on career: Sarah Bailey

Sporting Relations: None