Aimee Willmott

Aimee Wilmott
Wilmott in 2012
Personal information
Full name Aimee Wilmott
National team  Great Britain
Born (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993
Middlesbrough, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Website AimeeWillmott.co.uk
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club University of Stirling

Aimee Willmott (born 26 February 1993) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She was the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the 400 metres individual medley.

Willmott competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400 metre individual medley, but did not reach the final.[1][2] She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and 2014 games in Glasgow where she won silver medals in the 400 metre individual medley and 200 metres butterfly.

Willmott has a younger sister Chloe (born 1 October 1994) who was a competitive swimmer.[3] Their father, Stuart Willmott, and aunt, Jacquelene Willmott are former Olympic swimmers.[1] She was a member of the Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Club, where her father works as a coach, but she is trained by Lisa Bates at the London Aquatics Performance Centre.[4] She attended Nunthorpe Academy Teesside University and is currently studying at the University of East London ( UEL ).[5]

In April 2016, she was selected to represent GB in the 2016 Olympics after finishing second behind Hannah Miley in the 400m individual medley at the British Championships.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Aimee Willmott". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aimee Willmott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  3. ↑ Top 50 Female 16 Years Long Course Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.. swimming.org
  4. ↑ Aimee continues Olympic tradition. yorkshirepost.co.uk (2012-04-02)
  5. ↑ http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/athletics/commonwealth-games-2014-teessiders-watch-7474027
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/36112813


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