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Lewis White
Personal information
NationalityEnglish/British
Born (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)
Norwich
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCity of Manchester Aquatics Swimming Club
CoachOlympic and paralympic coach Mark Rose
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400m freestyle S9
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Funchal 100m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place 2016 Funchal 4x100 m freestyle relay – 34pts
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 100m freestyle S9

Lewis White (born 17 April 2000) is a Paralympic British swimmer competing as a S9 classification swimmer, mainly in freestyle events. He trains with City of Manchester Swimming Club under Head Coach Mark Rose. He currently holds multiple long course and short course British Records in the S9 category as well as 1 short course European Record. He retired in early 2020. [1]

Personal history

White was born in Norwich, England, in April 2000 and grew up in Lowestoft before moving to Swadlincote.[2] He was born without a right hand.[2]

References

  1. ^ "White, Lewis". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "White, Lewis". bbc.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.


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