Nicholas Grainger (born 3 October 1994) is an English freestyle

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representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships. He has won two gold medals as part of a relay team at the World Championships.

Early life

Grainger was born on 3 October 1994 in

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, England. He studied at

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Career

Grainger competed for City of Sheffield before being selected for the national team. He first competed in an international in the

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held in Glasgow, but only finished eighth in the 200m freestyle due to a back injury that affected his training before the games. In 2015, Grainger qualified for the World Championships after finishing second in the final of the 400m freestyle at the British Swimming Championships. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...

, he failed to qualified for the 400m freestyle final, but he was part of team that won gold in the Men's 4 × 200m freestyle relay. He swam in the heats but not in the final. At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

, Grainger won gold in the 4x200m freestyle with James Guy,

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and Duncan Scott. At the

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held in the Gold Coast,

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, Grainger was part of the team that won silver in the

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at FINA {{DEFAULTSORT:Grainger, Nicholas British male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Rotherham World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 1994 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University English male freestyle swimmers 21st-century English sportsmen