British swimmer
Paul Palmer
Full name Paul Rory Palmer National team Great Britain Born (1974-10-18 ) 18 October 1974 (age 49) Lincoln , Lincolnshire , EnglandHeight 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Weight 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle Club City of Lincoln Pentaqua
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
References
^ Olympic results
^ " "For the Record." Times, 14 June 1993, p. 24" . The Times . Times Digital Archive. 14 June 1993. p. 24.
^ " "For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38" . The Times . 21 July 1995. p. 38.
^ " "For the Record." Times, 10 July 1998, p. 49" . The Times . 10 July 1998. p. 49.
^ " "For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49" . The Times . 9 July 1999. p. 49.
^ " "For the record." Times, 28 July 2000, p. 37" . The Times . 28 July 2000. p. 37.
1926: Germany (Heitmann , Rademacher , Berges , Heinrich )
1927: Germany (Heitmann , Rademacher , Berges , Heinrich )
1931: Hungary (Wanié , Szabados , Székely , Bárány )
1934: Hungary (Gróf , Maróthy , Csik , Lengyel )
1938: Germany (Birr , Heimlich , Freese , Plath )
1947: Sweden (Olsson , Lundén , Östrand , Johansson )
1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm , Östrand , Johansson , Larsson )
1954: Hungary (Till , Dömötör , Kádas , Nyéki )
1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev , Struzhanov , Luzhkovsky , Nikitin )
1962: Sweden (Rosendahl , Lindberg , Svensson , Bengtsson )
1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichov , Belits-Geiman , Pletnev , Novikov )
1970: West Germany (Lampe , Von Schilling , Meeuw , Fassnacht )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Lampe , Meeuw , Nocke )
1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov , Rusin , Koplyakov , Krylov )
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
1983: West Germany (Fahrner , Schowtka , Schmidt , Gross )
1985: West Germany (Schowtka , Gross , Schadt , Fahrner )
1987: West Germany (Sitt , Henkel , Fahrner , Gross )
1989: Italy (Trevisan , Gleria , Lamberti , Battistelli )
1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov , Pyshnenko , Tayanovich , Sadovyi )
1993: Russia (Lepikov , Pyshnenko , Mukin , Sadovyi )
1995: Germany (Keller , Lampe , Spanneberg , Zesner )
1997: Great Britain (Palmer , Clayton , Meadows , Salter )
1999: Germany (Keller , Pohl , Conrad , Kiedel )
2000: Italy (Rosolino , Pelliciari , Cercato , Brembilla )
2002: Italy (Pelliciari , Brembilla , Cappellazzo , Rosolino )
2004: Italy (Brembilla , Pelliciari , Rosolino , Magnini )
2006: Italy (Rosolino , Berbotto , Cassio , Magnini )
2008: Italy (Brembilla , Rosolino , Cassio , Magnini )
2010: Russia (Lobintsev , Izotov , Perunin , Sukhorukov )
2012: Germany (Biedermann , Colupaev , Rapp , Wallburger )
2014: Germany (Backhaus , Lebherz , Rapp , Biedermann )
2016: Netherlands (Dreesens , Brzoskowski , Stolk , Verschuren )
2018: Great Britain (Jarvis , Scott , Dean , Guy )
2020: Russia (Malyutin , Shchegolev , Krasnykh , Vekovishchev )
2022: Hungary (Németh , Márton , Holló , Milák )