Ieuan Lloyd

Summary

Ieuan David Lloyd (born 9 July 1993) is a Welsh competitive swimmer.[2] He competed in both the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics for Team GB.

Ieuan Lloyd
Personal information
Full nameIeuan David Lloyd
National team Great Britain
Born (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 30)
Penarth, Wales
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCity of Cardiff
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2009 200 m individual medley
Commonwealth youth games
Gold medal – first place 2011[1] 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2011 200 m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 4 x 200 m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2011 400 m freestyle

Biography edit

Born just outside Cardiff in 1993, Lloyd found his enthusiasm for swimming early on. At the age of 11 he attended Stanwell School where he stayed until completing his A-levels in 2011, obtaining A grades in Chemistry, Biology and Maths. He now lives in the city of Cardiff. He is proficient in both English and Welsh.

In 2009 he competed in the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland, winning Gold in the under-16s men's 200m individual medley at the age of 15.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 200 metre freestyle,[3] finishing in 19th place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. On 31 July he competed in the 4 × 200 m swimming relay race where the team qualified for the final but finished 6th with a time of 7 minutes 9.33 seconds, 9.63 seconds behind the winning USA team.[4] In the 2016 Rio Olympics he made the semifinal of the 200 Individual Medley where he lined up with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. He ended up finishing tenth overall.

In August 2012, Lloyd "photobombed" British Prime Minister David Cameron at the end of the London 2012 Olympics parade.[5]

In 2018, Lloyd along with fellow competitive swimmer Otto Putland were revealed to be part of a "secret sex club" that kept points on how many women they slept with, this came to light after Otto had been charged (and later cleared) of rape [6]

References edit

  1. ^ Commonwealth youth games 2011 - Results
  2. ^ London 2012 Website - Athlete profiles Archived 2013-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "London 2012 Website - Results". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ London 2012 Website - Results Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ^ "PICTURE: Olympic Athlete Photobombs David Cameron". 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Top swimmer was part of secret sex club". 12 April 2018.