Co Coventry · GBR
Ed is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, a distance freestyler and an international championship swimmer, whose official competitive record spans 4 seasons, 5 years and 5 meets.
His recorded career begins in 1998 in Sheffield, where he raced the 400 freestyle in 3:51.51.
His signature event is the 400 freestyle, his reference distance in freestyle, ahead of the 1500 freestyle and 800 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 6 recorded swims.
His fastest 400 freestyle stands at 3:49.40, set in long course (50 m) at 17th Commonwealth Games 2002.
His record includes world championships, between 1999 and 2001 (4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 1999 and 9th FINA World Championships 2001). A representative mark at that level is 7:51.12 in the 800 freestyle, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in the World Cup circuit and continental championships.
After a 2-year break between 1999 and 2001, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2001.
Those meets span 5 different venues (Sheffield, Hong_kong, Fukuoka and Manchester…).
Latest competition: FINA Swimming World Cup 2002-2003, on November 23, 2002. He closes this record with 6 current event personal bests, across 6 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.