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Anthony Stephens

Summary

Anthony Stephens (born 9 July 1986)[1] is a British swimmer who has participated in three Paralympic Games, winning five medals. He competes in S5 classification events.

Anthony Stephens
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Stephens
NationalityBritish
Born (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 36)
Reading, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSwansea HPC
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle -S5
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle – S5
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle – S5
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4x50 m freestyle relay– S5
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle – S5
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik 50 m butterfly S5
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 4x50m medley relay 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven Men's 200m freestyle S5

Career edit

Stephens began swimming at the age of three and by eight he was competing in national events.[2] In 2003 he entered the British Championships taking gold in both the 200m Freestyle and 150m Individual Medley.[1] He was selected for the Great Britain team in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. There he competed in seven events, the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle (S5), the 50m Backstroke (S5), 200m Individual Medley (S5) and the 4x50m Freestyle (20pts) and 4x50m Medley (20pts) relays.[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c "Meet the Team - Anthony Stephens". swimming.org. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Anthony Stephens". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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