Michael Rock (swimmer)
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| Full name | Michael Rock | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rocky, The Rock | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1987 Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Everton SC,Stockport Metro SC and City of Liverpool SC | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Manchester | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Paul Rock (born 13 March 1987) is a British butterfly stroke swimmer. He attended St. Edward's College, Liverpool, from 1998 to 2003.
As of 2008 he is a student at The University of Manchester, and is studying law.[1]
Swimming career
[edit]Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, competed in the 100 and 200m butterfly events, where he won silver at 200m.[2]
- Long course (50 m)
| Event | Time |
|
Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m butterfly | 51.41 | NR | 23 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:54.58 | NR | 24 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy |
- Short course (25 m)
| Event | Time |
|
Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m butterfly | 50.13 | NR | 11 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:51.32 | 10 Nov 2009 | World Cup | Stockholm, Sweden |
Legend: WR – World record; ER – European record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – British record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "University of Manchester sports scholarship students 2006/7". Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
- ^ "Results - Monday 4 October". BBC News. 30 September 2010.
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- English male butterfly swimmers
- British male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers from Liverpool
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen