Andrew Willis (swimmer)

Andrew Willis

Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full name Andrew Willis
National team  Great Britain
Born (1990-12-03) 3 December 1990
Yateley, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Bracknell & Wokingham
College team University of Bath
Coach David McNulty,
Graeme Antwhistle

Andrew Willis (born 3 December 1990) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 200-metre breaststroke, finishing in 3rd place overall in the heats and qualifying for the final where he finished in 8th place.[2] He was one of the very few British swimmers to achieve a personal best at the 2012 Olympics.[3] He also finished 4th in the 2013 World Championships in the 200-metre breaststroke. He went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 200-metre breaststroke final in Glasgow.

References

  1. "Andrew Willis". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. Hough, Andrew (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Andrew Willis's swimming genes in the family blood".
  3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/9445145/London-2012-Olympics-Andrew-Williss-swimming-genes-in-the-family-blood.html

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