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Thomas Hamer (born 16 August 1998) is an English British swimmer.[1] Hamer is Commonwealth , European & World Champion. He has held Previous World Records in the 200m freestyle event and has held many British records in other swimming strokes. Hamer competes mainly in freestyle and individual medley preferring shorter distances. His first international competition was in 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow and took a sliver medal in the 200m freestyle at 15 years of age.

Thomas Hamer

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Barnett Hamer
Nationality	British
Born	(1998-08-16) 16 August 1998 (age 24) Rossendale, Lancashire, England
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle, Individual Medley
Club	Burnley Bobcats, Manchester National Performance Center
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Swimming Olympic Games, Rio2016 & Tokyo2020 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m Individual Medley IPC World Championships 2019 London 200m freestyle relay IPC European Championships 2016 Funchal 200m freestyle 2014 Eindhoven 200m freestyle 2016 Funchal 200 m ind. medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 200m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 200m freestyle S14

Career history

• 2014 Commonwealth Games
  • Silver medal, 200m Freestyle Swimming - first person to represent GB in this event
• 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships
  • European Champion (first), 200m Freestyle
  • Bronze medal, 200m individual medley
• 2016 Paralympic Games
  • Silver medal, 200m individual medley SM14[2]

Hamer holds the British records for S14 50m, 200m, and 400m freestyle events, and the SM14 200m individual medley.[3]

References

External links

• Thomas Hamer at British Swimming
• Thomas Hamer at the International Paralympic Committee
• Thomas Hamer at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
• Thomas Hamer at Team England
• Thomas Hamer at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

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