Neil Willey
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| Full name | Neil Edward Willey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1976 Enfield, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Neil Edward Willey (born 11 September 1976) is a male former international backstroke swimmer from England.
Swimming career
[edit | edit source]Willey represented Great Britain twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia).[1]
He represented England principally in the backstroke events but also won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3][4]
Willey won several medals (silver and bronze) in the 1990s as a member of the British short course (25 m) relay teams. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 50 metres backstroke title three times (1995, 1997, 2001) and the 100 metres backstroke title twice (1995, 1997).[5][6]
See also
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Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- English male backstroke swimmers
- British male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from the London Borough of Enfield
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games