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MICHAEL NEWELL
swimmer

Club: Aquabears
Coach: Dave Crouch
DOB: 31st August 1989
Height: 1.80m
Weight: 65kg
Born: Rochdale
Lives: Healey, Rochdale
Occupation: Student
Nickname: Mickey- because of my ears!

P.B
Long Course
200m Freestyle 2.00.99 (05)
400m Freestyle 4.11.19 (05) 
1500m Freestyle 16.05.21 (05) 
400m I.M. 4.49.15 (05)

Short Course
400m Freestyle 4.11.22 (05)
1500m freestyle 16.11.53 (05)

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
European Youth Olympics
Long Course 2005 5th 1500m Freestyle 16.05.21
DOMESTIC EVENTS
British Championships
Long Course 2006 10th 1500m Freestyle 16.26.64
2005 13th 1500m Freestyle 16.12.65
GENERAL INFORMATION


First sporting success:
Winning at the Scottish Nationals

Finest sporting moment: Qualifying for the European Junior Championships

Tip for the top: Stick at it!

First GB selection year: 2002 (World Class Start)

Sporting hero: Grant Hackett

Closest friend in sport: My coach- Dave Crouch

Favourite sport other than swimming: Basketball and Badminton

Three words that best describe you: Determined, mad, stubborn

Would most like to meet: Jimmy Page- lead guitarist with Led Zeppelin

Most prized possession: My guitar

Biggest influence on career: My coach

Favourite Venue: Ponds Forge, Sheffield because that was where I went to compete in my first nationals meet.

Tips to relax: Listen to music

Family: My mum is called Christine and she works in a Learning Centre. My dads name is Ray and he's a Project Manager. I've got and older sister called Michelle.

Ultimate ambition: To be the best that I can be and to reach the Olympics

 

 

 

LAST UPDATED 8th November 2005


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