Aimee Willmott
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| Full name | Aimee Wilmott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 February 1993 Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | London Aquatics Performance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aimee Willmott (born 26 February 1993) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400 metre individual medley, but did not reach the final.[1][2] She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and 2014 games in Glasgow where she won silver medals in the 400 metre individual medley and 200 metres butterfly.
Willmott has a younger sister Chloe (born 1 October 1994) who was a competitive swimmer.[3] Their father, Stuart Willmott, is a former Olympic swimmer.[1] She was a member of the Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Club, where her father works as a coach, but she is trained by Lisa Bates at the London Aquatics Performance Centre.[4] She attended Nunthorpe Academy Teesside University and is currently studying at the University of East London ( UEL ).[5]
In April 2016, she was selected to represent GB in the 2016 Olympics after finishing second behind Hannah Miley in the 400m individual medley at the British Championships.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Aimee Willmott". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Aimee Willmott. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Top 50 Female 16 Years Long Course. swimming.org
- ↑ Aimee continues Olympic tradition. yorkshirepost.co.uk (2012-04-02)
- ↑ http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/athletics/commonwealth-games-2014-teessiders-watch-7474027
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/36112813