Selectors have this week announced the 35 man squad chosen to represent Great Britain in the upcoming European Swimming Championships in Budapest, the team was announced from the elite warm weather training camp in Mallorca where the squad have been based for the last two weeks.
The training camp is designed to improve the GB teams’ chances in the Championship where they are expected to face tough competition from the powerhouses of Germany, Russia and Spain.
British selectors have been able to capitalise on the positive results in Beijing and the national selection meet held in Sheffield in March, for this year’s team to compete in Budapest in August. The national squad also have a keen eye on both the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, and the London 2012 Olympics.
Swimming has entered an exciting era in Britain since Rebecca Adlington’s success at the last Olympics. But now with the emergence of several new talents including Jazz Carlin, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Hannah Miley, Kris Gilchrist, Michael Rock & Robbie Renwick, these young stars are hoping to make their contribution to one of the strongest teams in British history.
Their journey to Budapest and the medal podium began last week at the BEST Centre – Elite Training Facility in Spain, set up by former British Olympic Swimmers James Parrack and Matthew O’Connor.
Here is the full GB team list:
Thomas Allen – Flintshire
Rebecca Adlington – Mansfield
Robert Bale – Lancaster
Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell – Plymouth
Adam Brown – Cambridge
Jazmin Carlin – Swansea
Simon Burnett – Oxford
Lucy Ellis – Dunfermline, Scotland
David Carry – Aberdeen
Ellen Gand – Bromley
Ross Davenport – Derby
Francesca Halsall – Southport
James Goddard – Stockport
Kate Haywood – Grimsby
Kristopher Gilchrist – Edinburgh
Joanne Jackson – Northallerton
Jemma Lowe – Hartlepool
Antony James – Plymouth
Sasha Matthews – Nottingham
Michael Jamieson – Glasgow
Hannah Miley – Aberdeenshire
Roberto Pavoni – Essex
Elizabeth Simmonds – Hull
Robbie Renwick – Aberdeen
Amy Smith – Kidderminster
Michael Rock – Stockport
Gemma Spofforth – Shoreham-by-Sea
Joseph Roebuck – Loughborough
Jessica Sylvester – Newcastle-under-Lyme
Liam Tancock – Exeter
Stacey Tadd – Bath
Grant Turner – Swindon
Aimee Willmott – Middlesbrough
Richard Webb – Southwold
Katherine Wyld – London
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