MEET PAUL WILKES

ATHLETE PROFILE: PAUL WILKES - SWIMMING​

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BACKGROUND

I HAVE BEEN SWIMMING SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS’ OLD AND HAVE COMPETED FOR REDDITCH SWIMMING CLUB FOR AROUND 30 YEARS. I CURRENTLY COMPETE FOR BOTH REDDITCH SWIMMING CLUB AND BIRMINGHAM MASTERS SWIMMING CLUB. I SWAM FOR CITY OF COVENTRY SWIMMING CLUB WHILST I WAS AT UNIVERSITY DURING WHICH TIME I COMPETED AT OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES TRIALS. 

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SPORTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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International Achievements: 

•  Silver medallist 200m Butterfly and 5th place 100m Butterfly (40 – 44 age group) (World Aquatics Masters Championships - Doha, Qatar 2024). 

•  Current European Champion and gold medallist (35 – 39 age group) 200m Butterfly (LEN European Aquatics Championships - Rome, Italy 2022). 

•  Bronze medallist (30 – 34 age group) 200m Butterfly (European Masters Championships – Slovenia 2018). 

•  Silver medallist 200m Butterfly (30 – 34 age group) (FINA World Masters Championships – Budapest, Hungary 2017). 

•  Gold medallist 100m and 200m Butterfly (30 – 34 age group) (European Masters Championships – London, England 2016). 

National Achievements: 

•  Multiple champion and medallist at the British and National Masters Championships having won titles in the 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke. 

•  Current holder of a number of British Masters Swimming Records including: 

o 100m Butterfly (40 – 44 age group).
o 200m Butterfly (30 – 34, 35 – 39, 40 – 44 age groups).

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