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Daniel Coombs

Welcome to Daniel Coombs profile

Personal Data

Date Of Birth 19/05/1988

Born  Preston

Height 1.82m

Weight 77kg

Team/Club British Gas ITC Loughborough/Chorley Marlins

Coach Kev Renshaw

Personal Best

Event Time Record
Long Course 200m Freestyle 1:48.92  
LC 100m Freestyle 50.86  
LC 400m Freestyle 3:51.93  
LC 200m Backstroke 2:06.19  
LC 200m I.M 2:05.35
 
 
LC 400m I.M 4:29.22  
Short  Course 100m Freestyle 50.05  
SC 200m Freestyle 1:46.52  
SC 400m Freestyle 3:47.51  
SC 200m I.M 2:02.61   
SC 400m I.M 4:22.80  

International Competitions

Competition Event Year Time Medal/Position Record
European Junior Championships LC 200m I.M 2006 2:07.63 18th  

Domestic Events

Competition Event Year Time Medal/Position Record
ASA National Championships LC 400m Freestyle 2008 3.54.50 BRONZE  
  LC 200m Freestyle 2008 1.51.74 5th  

In the Pool

Greatest Achievement to date: Making the Commonwealth Games Team.

Aspiration: Represent GB at the 2012 Olympics and hopefully win a medal.

Who has been greatest influence on you: My Mum and Dad.

First senior international meet: European Short Course in 2007.

Out of the Pool

Other sports: Shooting.

Tip for the top: The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little while longer.

Life after swimming: Joining the police and then the armed response unit.

Would most like to meet: Samuel L Jackson.

Role models: Johnny Wilkinson.

 

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