Mark Stevens (born 25 March 1975) is an English former competitive swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.

Swimming career

He represented

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in two editions of the

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, and later earned a total of three medals in freestyle relays at the

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and at the

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. During his sporting career, Stevens trained for the City of Cardiff Swim Club in

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. Stevens made his Olympic debut at the

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. A member of

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, he finished eighth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:21.52), and fifth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:18.74). At the

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, Stevens captured two medals each for the English swimming squad: a silver in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:23.83), and a bronze in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:22.13). Stevens competed only in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the

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. Teaming with Paul Belk, Anthony Howard, and Jamaican-based

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in heat three, Stevens swam the anchor leg and recorded a split of 50.16, but the Brits missed a chance to reach the top 8 final by 0.35 seconds, finishing in third place and ninth overall from the morning prelims with a time of 3:20.45. He won the 2000 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Mark 1975 births Living people English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

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