Meet Our Star Athletes
If you are new to aquatics and want to get to know some of our top athletes, such as Olympians and household names Rebecca Adlington and Tom Daley, then you are in the right place.
Even if you are new to swimming and aquatics there is a good chance you have heard of Tom Daley and Rebecca Adlington. Well these aren't our only stars.
Get to know some of our best athletes below.
- If you are looking for our full Olympic and Paralympic teams go to our Aquatics 2012 zone
- If you seeking more detailed athlete profiles go to the respective British Swimming zone links: swimming, diving, synchro, women's water polo, men's water polo, disabilty swimming.
Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca Adlington
200m, 400m and 800m Freestyle
17.02.1989
Mansfield
Becoming a household name with double gold over 400m and 800m Freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Games.
She has since become World and Commonwealth champion over 800m Freestyle and won the European 400m Freestyle gold medal in 2010.
Away from the pool Rebecca likes to keep busy by completing jigsaws or playing with her two dogs.
British Gas International Swimming Meet 2013
British Gas Swimming Championships 2013
Tom Daley
Tom Daley
10m Platform and 10m Synchro
21.05.1994
Plymouth
Winning European 10m Platform Gold as a 13-year old before making his Olympic debut in Beijing 2008 - in which he finished seventh in the 10m Platform and eighth in the 10m Synchro.
Has since won World (2009), Commonwealth (2010) and a second European (2012) gold in the 10m Platform to establish himself as one of the most celebrated divers in the world before clinching an emotional bronze in front of an expectant home crowd at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Supermodel Kate Moss posed for Tom's GCSE photography project after meeting on a photo shoot for the Italian version of Vogue. It was a recreation of an original portrait by David Hockney.
British Gas Diving Championships 2013
FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013
Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici
Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici
Duet
20.09.1988 and 13.02.1990
Ascot and Plymouth
Became the first British synchronised swimmers to compete at an Olympics since 1992 and they finished 14th in the duet in Bejing.
Having won Commonwealth silver in the duet in 2010, they finished eighth at the 2011 World Championships.
Like many synchronised swimmers, Jenna is a keen dancer and is talented at ballet, modern and jazz.
During training Olivia sometimes wears a 3kg weight belt to strengthen herself even more!
British Gas Synchronised Swimming Championships 2013
Fran Leighton
Fran Leighton
Water Polo - Centre Forward
30.03.1982
Rotherham
Being captain of the British Gas GBR Women's Water Polo team since 2002.
She won a bronze with the English team at the Commonwealth Championships in 2002 and captained the British to their first European Championships for 15 years and their first ever Olympic Games in 2012.
Fran has a degree in management and marketing and enjoys netball and horse riding away from water polo.
2014 European Championship Qualifiers
Keri-anne Payne
Keri-anne Payne
Open Water / Distance Freestyle
09.12.1987
Johannesburg (RSA)
Winning silver as the 10km Open Water event was held at the Olympic Games for the first time in 2008.
She has become one of the most celebrated open water swimmers, winning World Championship gold in 2009 and 2011.
Keri-anne is married to fellow British swimmer David Carry.
British Gas Swimming Championships 2013
