Danielle Watts (born 13 October 1980) is a British Paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at three Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2008 winning three medals. She is classified as an S1 category swimmer.

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Danielle Swann (née Watts)

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 (age 41) Oxford, England, UK
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) (2008)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	City of Oxford
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S2 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S2 2004 Athens 50 m backstroke S2

At the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Watts competed in the women's 50 and 100 m freestyle and 50 m backstroke (all S2 category). She repeated these events at the 2004 Games in Athens, this time winning silver in the 100 m freestyle (S2) and bronze in both the 50 m freestyle (S2) and 50 m backstroke (S2).

She swam in two events at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, finishing 7th in the 50 m backstroke (S2) and 13th in the 50 m freestyle (S3).

She is the current world record holder for the S1 category over 50, 100 and 200 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke.

In 2003, she was awarded Swimming World Magazine's Swimming World's World Disabled Swimmers of the Year.

Danielle married Jamie Swann in 2011 and changed her own surname to Swann. She is a Christian and, in 2011, appeared on BBC News talking about unsuitable housing conditions for disabled people.[1]

References

• "ParalympicsGB Team Beijing 2008: Swimming Team Biographies". British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
• http://www.baptisttimes.co.uk/index.php/baptisms-testimonies/118-british-paralympics-triple-medallist-takes-to-the-waters-again-
• "Paralympic medallist Danielle Watts' house 'too small'". BBC News. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

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• British Swimming athlete profile

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