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| To win gold at the
Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. |
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| Being presented
with the Olympic bronze medal
for the 1500m Freestyle in Athens.
He came third behind Australia’s
Grant Hackett and America’s
Larsen Jensen. David had the race
of his life setting a new European
Record & personal best of
14.45.95mins, making him the second
only British medal winner in the
pool at the Games. |
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| Long
Course |
| 200m
Freestyle |
1
minute
51.15 secs |
| 400m
Freestyle |
3
minutes
50.35 secs |
| 800m
Freestyle |
7
minutes
54 secs |
| 1500m
Freestyle |
14
minutes
45.95 secs |
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| Short
Course |
| 200m
Freestyle |
1
minute
50.43 secs |
| 400m
Freestyle |
3
minutes
46.02 secs |
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| 1500m
Freestyle |
14
minutes
32.56 secs |
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| David started swimming
at his local swimming club in
Barry, South Wales, when he was
7 years of age and a year later
he joined his current club, The
City of Cardiff. David’s
training regime is now very intense;
he’s in the pool six days
a week, mostly twice a day. |
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| In his little spare
time David enjoys watching Football
& Rugby, he supports Cardiff
FC. |
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| David currently
lives with his parents Paul and
Sue and sister Sian, 15. |
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| David is a fan of
dance music to motivate him before
training and competition and Indie
music in his time off. |
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| Likes Action and
Comedies but Cool Runnings is
his favourite. |
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| He’s currently
reading Lance Armstrong’s
autobiography. |
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| Gran’s home
made rice pudding. |
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| Being born and bred
in Wales David speaks conversational
Welsh as well as English. |
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