Anthony Stephens

Anthony Stephens

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Stephens
Nationality	British
Born	9 July 1987 Reading, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Swansea HPC
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle -S5 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle – S5 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle – S5 2004 Athens 4x50 m freestyle relay– S5 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle – S5 IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 50 m butterfly S5 2009 Reykjavik 50 m backstroke S5 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle S5 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle S5 2009 Reykjavik 4x50m medley relay 20pts 2014 Eindhoven Men's 200m freestyle S5

Anthony Stephens (born 9 July 1986)^[1] is a British swimmer who has participated in three Paralympic Games, winning five medals. He competes in S5 classification events.

Career

Stephens began swimming at the age of three and by eight he was competing in national events.^[2] In 2003 he entered the British Championships taking gold in both the 200m Freestyle and 150m Individual Medley.^[1] He was selected for the Great Britain team in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. There he competed in seven events, the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle (S5), the 50m Backstroke (S5), 200m Individual Medley (S5) and the 4x50m Freestyle (20pts) and 4x50m Medley (20pts) relays.^[1]

Notes

1. "Meet the Team - Anthony Stephens". swimming.org. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
2. "Anthony Stephens". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2013.