Hynd among European medallists named in ParalympicsGB
The British Paralympic Association have announced the 31 swimmers who will compete for ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016, including Ollie Hynd.
Hynd recently returned with three gold medals from the IPC Swimming European Championships to ensure he is one of the few athletes in history to hold Paralympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time.
He is joined on the team by a formidable list of Paralympic multi-medallists including Ellie Simmonds, Charlotte Henshaw, James Crisp, Claire Cashmore and Sascha Kindred.
Hynd commented:
“I am so proud to be selected for Rio for ParalympicsGB, it is such an honour. The competition is getting tougher every time I get in the water but I know how hard I’ve been training so I can only be confident in my preparations. Rio will be an amazing experience.”
Also selected today was Ellie Simmonds, a household name in the UK following her incredible performances at Beijing in 2008 and at London 2012. She said:
“It is finally sinking in that I will be going to my third Paralympic Games, and I am so excited. The Paralympic Games is the biggest stage in the world to compete on and I can’t wait for the challenge.”
Among the team there are also some new faces who look set to win medals in Rio. These include 12-year-old Abby Kane, who swept to a British record of 1.11.19 in the S13 100m backstroke at the Para-Swimming trials, Stephen Clegg, brother of track sprinter Libby Clegg and London 2012 swimming medallist James, and 14 year old Ellie Robinson, who took up swimming after watching her now-teammate Ellie Simmonds compete in London.
Today’s announcement brings the number of selected athletes to a total of 81, across the sports of sailing, judo, table tennis, powerlifting, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball (women’s) and swimming.
For more information and the latest news visit the Para-Swimming page on the British Swimming website.
Selected athletes (swimming):
Andrew Mullen (Hometown: Glasgow)
Aaron Moores (Trowbridge)
Scott Quin (Edinburgh)
Jonathan Fox (St Stephen)
Ollie Hynd (Kirkby in Ashfield)
James Crisp (Nottingham)
Tom Hamer (Rawtenstall, Lancashire)
Michael Jones (New Milton)
Josef Craig (Jarrow)
Matt Wylie (Washington)
Ryan Crouch (Manningtree)
Susie Rodgers (London)
Hannah Russell (Ottershaw, Surrey)
Ellie Simmonds (Aldridge)
Claire Cashmore (Kidderminster)
Bethany Firth (Seaforde)
Charlotte Henshaw (Mansfield)
Harriet Lee (Blaydon on Tyne)
Rebecca Redfern (Droitwich)
Stephanie Slater (Longridge, Preston)
Abby Kane (Largs)
Ellie Robinson (Northampton)
Jessica-Jane Applegate (Great Yarmouth)
Steph Millward (Corsham)
Amy Marren (Hornchurch)
Alice Tai (New Milton)
The athletes above gained selection after they achieved the nomination standard at the British Para-Swimming International Meet 2016 as per the selection policy.
Jonathan Booth (Homlfirth)
Sascha Kindred (Hereford)
Stephen Clegg (Edinburgh)
Lewis White (Swadlincote)
The athletes above gained selection after they achieved a time within 2% of the set benchmark time included within the selection policy (individual).
Tully Kearney (Birmingham)
The athletes above gained selection at the discretion of the National Performance Director as per the selection policy.
