Paul Palmer (swimmer)

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Paul Palmer

Personal information
Full name	Paul Rory Palmer
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 47) Lincoln, England
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	City of Lincoln Pentaqua
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 400 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 400 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 2000 Athens 2000 Athens 1993 Palma 400 m freestyle 1997 Gothenburg European Championships (LC) 1997 Seville 1997 Seville 1999 Istanbul 1993 Sheffield 1995 Vienna 1999 Istanbul 1999 Istanbul 1997 Seville 2000 Helsinki 2000 Helsinki European Championships (SC) 2000 Valencia 2000 Valencia

Paul Palmer (born 18 October 1974 in Lincoln, England) is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.

Swimming career[]

Coached by Ian Turner at the City of Lincoln Pentaqua Swimming Club, Palmer qualified for the 200 m, 400 m and 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing a respectable 9th position (winning the "B" final) in the 200 m, and 10th position in the 400 m. After this success, in order to increase his chances of a medal at the following Atlanta games, Palmer relocated to Bath, along with Turner. Training in a 50 m pool, alongside other Olympic hopefuls at the performance centre allowed Palmer to further increase his swimming skills.

Palmer won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] A year later, at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships in Seville, he won gold in the 200 m freestyle.

He won the 2001 British Championship in the 100 metres freestyle, was six times winner of the 200 metres freestyle (1993, 1995, 1998–2001) and a six times winner of the 400 metres freestyle in (1992, 1993, 1998–2001).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

See also[]

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References[]

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