Anthony Stephens

Anthony Stephens
Personal information
Full name Anthony Stephens
Nationality British
Born (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987
Reading, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Swansea HPC

Anthony Stephens (born 9 July 1986)[1] is a British swimmer who has participated in three Paralympic Games, winning five medals. He competes in S5 classification events.

Career

Stephens began swimming at the age of three and by eight he was competing in national events.[2] In 2003 he entered the British Championships taking gold in both the 200m Freestyle and 150m Individual Medley.[1] He was selected for the Great Britain team in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. There he competed in seven events, the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle (S5), the 50m Backstroke (S5), 200m Individual Medley (S5) and the 4x50m Freestyle (20pts) and 4x50m Medley (20pts) relays.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet the Team - Anthony Stephens". swimming.org. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  2. "Anthony Stephens". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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