Andrew Willis (swimmer)
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| Full name | Andrew Willis | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 December 1990 Yateley, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bracknell & Wokingham | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Bath | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coach |
David McNulty, Graeme Antwhistle | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Willis (born 3 December 1990) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 3rd place overall in the heats and qualifying for the final where he finished in 8th place.[2] He was one of the very few British swimmers to achieve a personal best at the 2012 Olympics.[3] He also finished 4th in the 2013 World Championships in the 200-metre breaststroke. He went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 200-metre breaststroke final in Glasgow.
References
- ↑ "Andrew Willis". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ Hough, Andrew (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Andrew Willis's swimming genes in the family blood".
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/9445145/London-2012-Olympics-Andrew-Williss-swimming-genes-in-the-family-blood.html
External links
- Profile at Swimming.org
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