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| GRAHAM EDMUNDS |
disability swimmer | 
| Club: |
Swansea Performance |
| Coach: |
Billy Pye |
| Classification: |
S10, SB9, SM10 |
| DOB: |
22nd September 1974 |
| Height: |
1.91m |
| Weight: |
84.7kg |
| Trains: |
Swansea High Performance Centre |
| Born: |
Reading |
| Lives: |
Swansea |
| Nickname: |
Satan |
2009 IPC European Swimming Championships, Reykjavik
GOLD 34pt Freestyle Relay 3:58.50
SILVER 34pt Medley Relay 4:23.49
BRONZE 50m Freestyle 25.36 (s10)
Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:51.43 (34pts) WR
7th 100m Freestyle 55.63 (S10)
7th 4x100m Medley Relay 4:28.45 (34 pts) (Heat only)
8th 50m Freestyle 25.11 (S10)
IPC World Championships, Durban 2006
GOLD 34pt 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3.58.28
6th 50m Freestyle 25.89
16th 100m Freestyle 58.59
Paralympic Games, Athens 2004
8th 100m Backstroke 1.10.13
6th 50m Freestyle 26.23 (BR)
GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3.59.62
British International Disability Swimming Championships 2009
BRONZE 100m Backstroke 1:16.56
4th 100m Freestyle 55.82
British Championships 2009
SILVER 100m Freestyle 55.49
6th 200m IM 2:33.38
Paralympic Trials, 2004
GOLD 50m Freestyle (S10)
SILVER 50m Freestyle (S10)
Swansea Open Meet, 2004
GOLD 400m IM (SM10)
| 4x100m Freestyle Relay |
S10 |
Beijing |
10/09/08 |
3.51.243 |
WR |
| 50m Freestyle |
S10 |
Beijing |
14/09/08 |
25:10 |
BR |
Favourite Event: 50m freestyle followed closely by 50m butterfly – I love the sprints!
Finest ever performance/Why: The heat swim in the 100m Freestyle in Beijing. I needed a two second personal best to make the 34 point relay team and knocked two and a half seconds off my personal best.
First senior international meet: 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens
Role models: Don’t have any which is really weird
My aspirations are: To put the 50m Freestyle record out of the reach of anyone else for a long time and continue to be the fastest disabled athlete in the water.
Tip for the top: You have to push yourself. No one else can really do that.
Life after swimming: Is there such a thing? I’ve had a life after swimming and I came back. I will always compete – there’s always Masters.
Music: Loud, heavy, annoying stuff. Heavy metal various
If I wasn‘t a swimmer I would be: Another kind of athlete. Probably a snowboarder or a surfer. That’s what I was on my way to do before my accident
Describe yourself in three words: Ostentatious, gregarious and eccentric
Most prized possession: My life – especially after my motorbike accident.
Biggest influence on career: My little brother.
Sporting Relations: Would like to have relations with lots of sporting girls.
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