Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
University of Stirling : Scotland |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (netimesmagazine.co.uk, 03 Sep 2020; sportnewcastle.org.uk, 15 Apr 2019) |
Awards and honours |
In March 2019 he won the Young Sporting Achievement of the Year award at the Sport Newcastle annual awards dinner in recognition of his performances at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. He also won a Rising Star award from Sport Newcastle in 2018. (sportnewcastle.org.uk, 15 Apr 2019; The Chronicle, 11 Jun 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming competitively at age eight at Newburn Swimming Club in Newcastle, England. |
International Debut |
Year |
2018 |
Competing for |
Great Britain |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Nick (Facebook profile, 09 Aug 2018) |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
General Interest |
Other information |
NEW CLUB
In 2019 he switched clubs from Newcastle Swim Team in England to the University of Stirling in Scotland. "It came about after some discussions with my old coach and British Swimming, and having some issues with injury last season [speaking in September 2019]. I decided I needed to be in a place with better access to better facilities. I picked Stirling personally because I like the area and like the type of programme they have." (swimswam.com, 27 Sep 2019) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Stirling, SCO |
General Interest |
Injuries |
He had a shoulder injury in 2020. (netimesmagazine.co.uk, 03 Sep 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
One of his teachers encouraged him to join a swimming club as he showed promise in the sport. |
