Thomas Hamer (born 16 August 1998) is an English British swimmer.[1] Hamer is Commonwealth, European & World Champion. He has held Previous World Records in the 200m freestyle event and has held many British records in other swimming strokes. Hamer competes mainly in freestyle and individual medley preferring shorter distances. His first international competition was in 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow and took a silver medal in the 200m freestyle at 15 years of age.
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| Full name | Thomas Barnett Hamer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1998 Rossendale, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle, Individual Medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnley Bobcats, Manchester National Performance Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career history
edit- 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Silver medal, 200m Freestyle Swimming - first person to represent GB in this event
- 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships
- European Champion (first), 200m Freestyle
- Bronze medal, 200m individual medley
- 2016 Paralympic Games
- Silver medal, 200m individual medley SM14[2]
Hamer holds the British records for S14 50m, 200m, and 400m freestyle events, and the SM14 200m individual medley.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Hamer, Thomas". IPC. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Men's 200 metre individual medley SM14". paralympic.org – 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Tom Hamer". Paralympic Association. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
External links
edit- Thomas Hamer at British Swimming (archived)
- Tom Hamer at ParalympicsGB
- Thomas Hamer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Thomas Hamer at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Thomas Hamer at Team England
- Thomas Hamer at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Thomas Hamer at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games