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Alexander Cohoon
Alex Cohoon (born 17 September 2002) is a British swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life From Fairford in Gloucestershire, he attended Farmor's School and was a member of Cirencester Swimming Club from the age of five years old. He attends Loughborough University. Until the age of 17 he was in the academy of Premiership Rugby side Gloucester Rugby. Career In 2019 he won gold in the 50 metres freestyle in the 17+ years age group category at the English Nationals at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, in a personal best time of 23.86 seconds. At the same meet he won a silver in the 50m butterfly. In 2022, he won four gold medals competing in the 50m freestyle; the 100m freestyle, 100m freestyle relay and the 100m medley relay at the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition. He defended all four titles successfully in Sheffield in March 2023. In August 2023, he won an individual bronze medal in the men’s 100m freestyle and a silver medal in the mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with and reaching , also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The 1896 Summer Olympics, first Olympics Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics, held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Great Britain (known as Team GB or the 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team'), the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The delegation of 327 athletes included 172 women and 155 men and featured 73 medallists from previous Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland (whose people may elect to hold Irish nationality law, Irish citizenship and are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Ireland at the Olympics). British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland, although Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. This streak was maintained in Paris when Ros Canter, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen (equestrian), Tom McEwen won g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
