30-Strong GB Disability Swim Team Predict A Gold Rush In Eindhoven At The IPC World Championships

A 30-strong team has been announced to represent Great Britain at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Holland next month, headed up by Double Paralympic Champion Eleanor Simmonds

Simmonds was only 12-years-old when she competed at her first World Championships in Durban and just two years later claimed the nation’s hearts with her tearful celebrations at the Beijing Paralympic Games.

Following the British Gas Disability Swim Team’s last major meet at the Welsh Short Course Championships in Llandudno several weeks ago, a number of swimmers emerged as ones to watch in Holland at the World Championships:

James Crisp – Sheffield
Sascha Kindred – Hereford
Nyree Lewis - b. S Wales lives Hereford
Dave Roberts – b.Pontypridd, lives Cardiff
Liz Johnson – b. Newport, lives Swansea
Stephanie Millward – lives Swansea
Robert Welbourn b Chesterfield, lives Swansea
Ellie Simmonds – b. Walsall, trains Swansea
Thomas Young – b Lancaster
Matthew Walker - Stockport
Natalie Massey - Stockport
Daniel Pepper – Stockport
Natalie Jones b Colchester lives Manchester
Charlotte Henshaw - b. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, trains Stirling
Claire Cashmore b. Redditch, Worcestershire. lives Kidderminster/Devon
Louise Watkin – Devon
Matthew Whorwood – Newquay Corwall or Wales
Jonathan Fox – b Plymouth, lives St Stephen Cornwall
Fran Williamson – B Sunderland, lives Cambridge

The British Gas Disability Swimming Team will be competing in Eindhoven from the 15th – 21st August. For a full list of competitors including their regions, & for specific b-roll or interview requests please contact a member of TVC.

For further information visit contact:
LISA.HARPER@TVCGROUP.COM 0207 535 5800
TIM.MARTIN@TVCGROUP.COM 0207 535 5800