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Ian Edmond

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Ian Edmond
Personal information
Full nameIan Edmond
National team Great Britain
Born (1978-06-02) 2 June 1978 (age 46)
Reading, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubCity of Edinburgh
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2003 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke

Ian Edmond (born 2 June 1978) is a former competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.

In his junior years he swam for Reading SC in England, and joined Warrender BC as his Scottish club team. In 1996 he relocated to Edinburgh for University and swam with Warrender and the City of Edinburgh Swim Team under coach Tim Jones.

Edmond was the silver medallist at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in the 200 m breaststroke. In the same year he was champion in the same event at the European SC Championships.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the men's 200-metre breaststroke where he reached the semi-final, but was disqualified during his swim. He also represented Scotland at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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