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Grace Cullen 24 May 2012

Each week from now until London 2012, UK Sport’s In the Spotlight will focus on a different Olympic or Paralympic sport. This week, Swimming...

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Chairman Alistair Gray
Chief Executive David Sparkes
Performance Director Michael Scott
Funding Award (2009-2013) £25,096,600
National governing body British Swimming
Website http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming


Past Olympic Performance (since 2000)

Athens, 2004: Bronze (2) – David Davies (1,500m freestyle), Stephen Parry (200m butterfly)

Olympic Games, Beijing, 2008: Gold (2) – Rebecca Adlington (400m freestyle, 800m freestyle); Silver (2) – David Davies (10k open water), Keri-Anne Payne (10k open water); Bronze (2) – Cassie Patten (10k open water), Jo Jackson (400m freestyle)

Events in 2012

British Gas ASA National Championships, second Olympic Trials (20-23 June) at Ponds Forge ISC, Sheffield.
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Swimming at London 2012

Venue: Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park (Swimming), Hyde Park (Marathon Swimming)
Dates: 28 July-4 August
Medal events: 34 (16 men’s and 16 women’s events in the pool, plus two Marathon Swimming events) 

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Twitter: @britishswimming
Facebook: http://facebook.com/britishswimming
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BritishSwimming

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‘Goddard takes silver with season best time’

‘Renwick just misses European medal’

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