Alex Scotcher
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| Birth name | Alexander Scotcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1980 Aldershot, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexander Scotcher (born 29 January 1980) is a British former freestyle swimmer.[1]
An Aldershot-born swimmer, Scotcher attended Loughborough University and was a two-time 4 × 100 m freestyle gold medalist representing Great Britain at the World University Games.[2]
Scotcher swam at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona.[3]
In 2006, Scotcher won a gold medal with England's 4 × 200 m freestyle team at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, swimming the second leg of the final. The favourites Australia finished in the bronze medal position and it was the first time since 1950 that they had failed to secure gold in the event.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cost sinks an olympic dream". Oxford Mail. 5 October 2006.
- ^ "Belk seals surprise gold for Britain". Sunday Telegraph. 26 August 2001.
- ^ "Scotcher Calls it a Career". Swimming World News. 23 May 2006.
- ^ "VIP welcome for gold hero". Witney Gazette. 1 April 2006.
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Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- English male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Sportspeople from Aldershot
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen