Calum George Jarvis (born 12 May 1992) is a Welsh competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in

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and the Olympics, and Wales in the

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. Jarvis competes primarily in freestyle and backstroke events. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as part of the Welsh team, winning the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle. In 2015 at the World Championships, he formed part of the Great Britain gold medal-winning men's 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay team. In doing so, he became the first Welsh world champion in swimming In 2021, Jarvis swam the heat of the men's 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the gold medal-winning Great Britain team, making him an Olympic champion in the event; along with Matt Richards, they became the first Welsh swimming Olympic champions in over 100 years.

Career history

He came to note in British swimming when he finished fifth in 200m backstroke in the 2010 British Championships. The next year he bettered this by finishing fourth in the same event in the 2011 British Championship in Manchester. In 2012 he was selected to trial for the British Team for the

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. Held at the

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, Jarvis entered four events and took gold position in his favoured 200m backstroke, although his time was under the Olympic qualification time and he failed to be selected for the British team. 2012 saw Jarvis enter his first senior international championship when he represented Great Britain at the 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres in France. Two years later, he won his second British Championship medal when he took silver in the 200m freestyle. At the same Championship he also set a new Welsh record in the 100m freestyle. These results saw him qualify for the

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team at the

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in Glasgow. Jarvis entered three events at Glasgow, the 100m and 200m freestyle and the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. In the 200m freestyle he won his heat to compete in the finals. Jarvis recorded a time of 1:46.53 in the 200m final to finish third to take the bronze medal, Wales' first swimming medal of the Games. At the 2017 World Championships, he was part of the team that won gold in the 200-metre freestyle relay. He swam in the heats but not in the final. At the

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, Jarvis won a gold as part of the relay team in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay with Duncan Scott, Thomas Dean and James Guy. At the

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, Jarvis was part of the British team that won the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. He swam in the heats but not in the final. Jarvis was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to swimming.

Personal life

Jarvis was born in

Ystrad Ystrad (also known as Ystrad Rhondda or Ystrad-Rhondda) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in the Rhondda Fawr valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Description As a community and ward Ystrad contains the neighbouring district of Gell ...

in the

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in 1992, to Deborah Rees and John Jarvis. He was educated at St Minver Primary School then spent a year at

Wadebridge School Wadebridge School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. It has 1,235 pupils. The headteacher is Mr Mat Winzor. Facilities include gymnasium, tennis courts, football/rugb ...

before moving to

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to pursue swimming at Plymouth Leander Swimming Club. He studied at

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Calum 1992 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bath Welsh male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Welsh male backstroke swimmers British male backstroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games swimmers for Wales Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Members of the Order of the British Empire Team Bath swimmers People educated at Plymouth College Sportspeople from Ystrad Sportspeople from Cornwall People from Wadebridge 21st-century Welsh sportsmen

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