Thomas Hamer (swimmer)
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| Full name | Thomas Barnett Hamer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1998 Rawtenstall, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnley Bobcats, Manchester NPC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Hamer (born 16 August 1998) is an English British .[1] Hamer competes in the S14 classification mainly freestyle and backstroke preferring shorter distances. In 2014 he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow representing England and took the silver medal in the 200m freestyle S14.
Career history[]
- 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Silver medal, 200m Freestyle Swimming - first person to represent GB in this event
- 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships
- European Champion (first), 200m Freestyle
- Bronze medal, 200m individual medley
- 2016 Paralympic Games
- Silver medal, 200m individual medley SM14[2]
Hamer holds the British records for S14 50m, 200m, and 400m freestyle events, and the 200m individual medley.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Hamer, Thomas". IPC. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Men's 200 metre individual medley SM14". paralympic.org – 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Tom Hamer". Paralympic Association. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- English male swimmers
- English male freestyle swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic swimmers of Great Britain