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ALEX SCOTCHER
swimmer
Alex Scotcher
Club: Loughborough University
Coach: Ian Turner
DOB: 29th January 1980
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 84kg
Trains: Loughborough University 
Born: Aldershot
Lives: Loughborough
Occupation: Student
Nickname: Scotch

P.B
Long Course
50m Freestyle 23.25 (05)
100m Freestyle 50.28 (05)
200m Freestyle 1.51.28 (05)

Short Course
50m Freestyle 22.87 (04)

100m Freestyle 49.37 (04)
200m Freestyle 1.47.38 (04)

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Commonwealth Games
Long Course 2006 GOLD 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7.14.14
European Championships
Short Course 2004 29th 200m Freestyle 1.48.98
DOMESTIC EVENTS

British Championships

Long Course 2005 4th 100m Freestyle 50.92
GENERAL INFORMATION


First sporting success:
Scoring a try for a mini-rugby club in 1987!!

Finest sporting moment: Representing GB at the World Championships in Barcelona 2003

Tip for the top: Everyone is beatable

First GB selection year: 2001

Sporting heroes: Jonny Wilkinson, Alex Popov, Gary Hall Jnr and Steve Beaton

Closest friend in sport: My training squad at Loughborough

Favourite sport other than swimming: Rugby- I closely follow Gloucester RFC

Three words that best describe you: Passionate, funny, ambitious

Would most like to meet: Michael Palin

Most prized possession: Bike

Biggest influence on career: My parents, Ian Armiger, Rosa Gallop and Ian Turner

Any other family connections to sport: My brother plays rugby for Seattle RFC in America

Toughest opponent: The clock!

Biggest passion away from swimming: Music and cooking. I'm a U2 fan

Biggest disappointment: Not qualifying for the Olympics in 2004

Favourite venue: Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Tips to relax: Cook, watch movies and go out with friends

Education: I've have just completed a Masters in European Politics

Family: My mums name is Judith and she is a Head Mistress. My dad is called Christopher and he works at Oxford University. I also have an older brother called Miles and he is 27 and is a doctor in micro-cell biology. He has just moved to Seattle.

Ultimate ambition: To medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Working for the European Union or the Foreign Office 

 

 

LAST UPDATED 3rd April 2006

 


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