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14th fina world championships shanghai 2011 british gas gbr swimming diving and synchronised swimming team media guide ­ ­ ­

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contents media contacts media protocol partners diving british gas gbr diving team list of events schedule athlete profiles men swimming british gas gbr swimming team staff list of qualified events swimming event schedule open water event schedule athlete profiles men athlete profiles women athlete profiles women coach profiles former medallists newcomer s guide to diving diving selection policy coach profiles personal bests selection policy open water selection policy newcomer s guide to swimming former medallists rankings records www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ contents synchro british gas synchronised swimming team list of events schedule former medallists athlete profiles coach profiles newcomer s guide

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media contacts in shanghai dave richards ­ head of communications m +447789 926 136 e david.richards@swimming.org gemma field ­ senior communications officer m +447917 726 431 e gemma.field@swimming.org for media in the uk ruth gross ­ senior communications officer t 01509 640229 m 07917 794 382 e ruth.gross@swimming.org www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ media contacts useful websites british swimming www.swimming.org/britishswimming official event website http www.shanghai-fina2011.com/en fina www.fina.org

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media protocol the media protocol has been designed to help achieve an understanding between all media and those representing british swimming it aims to create opportunities for the media as well as appreciate the commitments of athletes and staff this media protocol will be utilised leading up to and during all international competitions the protocol recognises that everybody is present at a major competition to do a job ­ whether they are athletes coaching staff or the media each group experiences its own pressure to deliver however consideration of each other s circumstances roles and responsibilities will help ensure everybody has a successful and productive experience director and head coach s time will be limited so as much prior notice to any requests would be greatly appreciated access to british coaches during competition after the final event of the day a coach or coaches with relevance to that evening s finals will be available to the media at a location within the venue this will be co-ordinated through the media manager these coaches will only speak on their athlete s performance comments on the overall team performance will only be given by the head coach or national performance director access to athletes or coaching staff during competition requests for interviews with athletes or team coaching staff must go through the media manager whereas media deadlines will always be considered these interviews will be arranged at a time the athlete or coach can be made available this is obviously due to the demands of the competition on time athletes and team coaches will only comment on their relevant performances overall comments will be provided by the head coach or national performance director via the media manager access to athletes and coaches will be limited to the official mixed zone press conferences or through prior arrangements made via the media manager all athletes will be encouraged to speak to the media however due to the need to recover by swimming warming down immediately after an event time in the mixed zone will access to the national performance director and head coach during competition media requests in relation to the national performance director and head coach should go through the media manager those wishing to put a question to the national performance director and head coach should provide as much notice as possible so the media manager can identify a window of opportunity to respond if the national performance director and head coach is unable to respond in person the media manager will pass on their views during the competition the national performance director and head coach will only give views on the performances of british athletes and the team as a whole due to the demands of the job at hand the national performance www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ media protocol be limited and it is envisaged the media will collect at a good vantage point to be informed as a group rather than as individuals the swimmers have between three to six minutes from the time they ve finished their race to get to the swim down pool within this time there is a need to service all areas of the mixed zone broadcast and print fairly the swim down pool is off limits to all media as indicated by accreditation no member of the british swimming squad will be available at swim down the media manager will try to obtain quotes from athletes if for whatever reason access has been limited further these will hopefully be provided before swim-down or drug testing if it is not possible to meet these needs then interviews may take place following warm-down where a swimmer has an event the next morning there will be no post swim-down interviews that evening if an athlete has achieved a notable result their specific coach will also be encouraged to make themselves available to the media at the end of the session the media manager or team manager will be present during interviews the media manager and team manager will always consider special requests made by the media.

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when an athlete has finished their final event of the championships they will be free to consider additional media requests made via the media manager efforts will be made to meet these as long as they don t impact on the rest of the team requests should be made through the media manager for all media interviews athletes and staff will only wear british swimming kit supplied for the event by the team sponsor apart from unbranded swimsuits all interviews will only involve representatives of the british swimming team no persons outside of the team will be allowed to contribute to an interview involving a british swimming squad member no team member or programme-supported athlete is allowed to be part of any media team during camps or competitions or to disclose or discuss activities during these events there will be no access to athletes or coaching staff at the team hotel it is requested that this privacy be respected all media enquiries should be made to the media manager if unavailable the media should approach the team manager the media manager and team manager must both be aware of all media activity athletes can only talk about their own performance coaches can only comment on athletes in their own specific group and not the overall team performance the head coach can talk on the overall team and all matters support staff are unable to comment on performance media not present at the championships not all media will be accredited for international events but the media manager and media team in the uk will try to look after all enquiries via phone or email the same protocols should be followed athletes staff or the head coach should not be contacted directly their time is limited and therefore the media manager will arrange for information to be forwarded at a convenient moment british swimming encourages the sport to be covered by all media present or not present however all media should understand that priority has to be given to those who are in attendance at the event efforts will be made to meet all requests and british swimming asks that protocol be respected at all times miscellaneous all media requests will be considered on their individual merits and decisions made in the best interests of british swimming several requests for separate interviews at the same time will be dealt with in order of deadlines media with the tightest deadline will be dealt with first if photographers require access to members of the squad for non-action shots away from the competition then all www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ media protocol

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british gas getting everyone into the swim of it more people swim every week than any other sport that s why we re proud to support british swimming so far we ve given away over a million free swims and helped 600,000 children improve their front crawl with free lessons we re also working with pools to reduce their energy consumption and sponsoring britain s national swimming teams to find out more visit britishgas.co.uk/swimming british gas swimming for britain principal partner of ­ ­ ­

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swimming british gas gbr swimming team staff list of qualified events swimming event schedule open water event schedule athlete profiles men athlete profiles women coach profiles personal bests selection policy open water selection policy newcomer s guide to swimming former medallists rankings records ­ ­ ­ swimming

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british gas gbr swimming team male athletes tom allen adam brown simon burnett david carry ross davenport james disney-may daniel fogg kristopher gilchrist james goddard antony james michael jamieson roberto pavoni robbie renwick michael rock joe roebuck jak scott liam tancock grant turner chris walker-hebborn joshua walsh andrew willis club british gas itc swansea hatfield windsor swimming british gas itc stockport british gas itc loughborough millfield british gas itc loughborough british gas itc bath british gas itc stockport/stockport metro plymouth leander british gas itc bath/edinburgh university british gas itc loughborough/loughborough university city of glasgow stockport metro/british gas itc stockport loughborough university british gas itc stirling british gas itc loughborough/loughborough university british gas itc loughborough bath itc/team ipswich british gas itc stirling british gas itc bath female athletes rebecca adlington jazmin carlin georgia davies ellen gandy francesca halsall kate haywood joanne jackson jemma lowe caitlin mcclatchey hannah miley cassandra patten keri-anne payne stephanie proud molly renshaw elizabeth simmonds amy smith gemma spofforth stacey tadd rebecca turner emma wilkins siobhan marie-o connor british gas itc bath loughborough university garioch stockport metro/british gas itc stockport british gas itc stockport/stockport metro chester le street derventio excel british gas itc loughborough loughborough university portsmouth northsea university of bath city of sheffield plymouth leander www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ british gas gbr swimming team club nova centurion british gas itc swansea british gas itc swansea beckenham british gas itc loughborough loughborough university british gas itc loughborough british gas itc swansea

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staff leam leader michael scott head coach dennis pursley team manager dawn peart assistant manager lars humer coaches bill furniss bud mcallister patrick miley ben titley david mcnulty sean kelly kevin renshaw ian armiger sssm manager andrew logan technical advisor jonty skinner doctors jonathan greenwell ian gordon physiotherapists carl butler rhys shorney lee herrington soft tissue therapists nathalie woolsey andrew stanbury biomechanist jodi cossor performance scientist clare lobb performance nutritionist alex popple performance psychologist simon middlemas race analysis support chris hudson media manager dave richards www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ swimming staff

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list of qualified events tom allen 10km james goddard 200m individual medley 200m backstroke joseph roebuck 200m butterfly 200m individual medley 400m individual medley adam brown 50m freestyle antony james 50m butterfly 100m butterfly simon burnett 100m freestyle 50m freestyle jak scott 4x200m freestyle michael jamieson 100m breaststroke 200m breaststroke liam tancock 100m backstroke 50m backstroke david carry 400m freestyle ross davenport 200m freestyle roberto pavoni 400m individual medley grant turner 4x100m freestyle james disney-may 4x100m freestyle robbie renwick 400m freestyle 200m freestyle chris walker-hebborn 100m backstroke 200m backstroke daniel fogg 1500m freestyle 10km michael rock 200m butterfly 100m butterfly joshua walsh 4x200m freestyle kristopher gilchrist 100m breaststroke andrew willis 200m breaststroke www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ swimming list of qualified events rebecca adlington 400m freestyle 200m freestyle 800m freestyle jazmin carlin 400m freestyle 800m freestyle georgia davies 50m backstroke ellen gandy 100m butterfly 200m butterfly 50m butterfly francesca halsall 100m freestyle 50m freestyle kate haywood 50m breaststroke

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joanne jackson 200m freestyle molly renshaw 200m breaststroke jemma lowe 100m butterfly 200m butterfly elizabeth simmonds 100m backstroke 200m backstroke siobhan-marie o connor 200m individual medley amy smith 100m freestyle caitlin mcclatchey 4x100m freestyle 4x200m freestyle gemma spofforth 100m backstroke 50m backstroke hannah miley 200m individual medley 400m individual medley stacey tadd 100m breaststroke 200m breaststroke cassandra patten 10km rebecca turner 4x200m freestyle keri-anne payne 1500m freestyle 10km emma wilkins 4x100m freestyle stephanie proud 200m backstroke 400m individual medley www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ swimming list of qualified events

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event schedule day 1 sunday 24 july heats 09:00-12:30 women s 100m butterfly men s 400m freestyle women s 200m individual medley men s 50m butterfly women s 400m freestyle men s 100m breaststroke women s 4x100m freestyle men s 4x100m freestyle day 2 monday 25 july heats 09:00-11:30 women s 100m backstroke men s 200m freestyle women s 100m breaststroke men s 100m backstroke women s 1500m freestyle day 3 tuesday 26 july heats 09:00-11:30 men s 50m breaststroke men s 200m butterfly women s 200m freestyle men s 800m freestyle finals 18:00-20:30 women s 100m butterfly sf men s 400m freestyle women s 200m individual medley sf men s 50m butterfly sf women s 400m freestyle men s 100m breaststroke sf women s 4x100m freestyle men s 4x100m freestyle finals 18:00-20:30 women s 100m butterfly men s 100m backstroke sf women s 100m breaststroke sf men s 50m butterfly women s 100m backstroke sf men s 200m freestyle sf women s 200m individual medley men s 100m breaststroke finals 18:00-20:30 men s 200m freestyle women s 100m backstroke men s 50m breaststroke sf women s 1500m freestyle men s 100m backstroke women s 200m freestyle sf men s 200m butterfly sf women s 100m breaststroke www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ swimming event schedule day 4 wednesday 27 july heats 19:00-11:30 women s 50m backstroke men s 100m freestyle women s 200m butterfly men s 200m individual medley finals 18:00-20:30 women s 100m freestyle sf women s 50m backstroke sf men s 200m butterfly women s 200m freestyle men s 800m freestyle women s 200m butterfly sf men s 200m individual medley sf men s 50m breaststroke

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day 5 thursday 28 july heats 09:00-11:30 women s 100m freestyle men s 200m backstroke women s 200m breaststroke men s 200m breaststroke women s 4x200m freestyle day 6 friday 29 july heats 09:00-11:30 men s 50m freestyle women s 50m butterfly men s 100m butterfly women s 200m backstroke men s 4x200m freestyle women s 800m freestyle day 7 saturday 30 july heats 09:00-12:30 women s 50m freestyle women s 50m breaststroke men s 50m backstroke women s 4x100m medley men s 1500m freestyle finals 18:00-20:30 women s 100m freestyle sf men s 200m individual medley women s 200m breaststroke sf men s 100m freestyle women s 200m butterfly men s 200m breaststroke sf women s 50m backstroke men s 200m backstroke sf women s 2x400m freestyle finals 18:00-20:30 women s 100m freestyle men s 200m backstroke women s 50m butterfly sf men s 50m freestyle sf women s 200m breaststoke men s 100m butterfly sf women s 200m backstroke sf men s 200m breaststoke men s 4x200m freestyle finals 18:00-20:30 women s 50m butterfly men s 50m freestyle women s 50m breaststroke sf women s 200m backstroke men s 100m butterfly women s 50m freestyle sf men s 50m backstroke sf women s 800m freestyle women s 4x100m medley www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ swimming event schedule day 8 sunday 31 july heats 09:00-11:30 men s 400m individual medley women s 400m individual medley men s 4x100m medley finals 18:00-20:30 women s 50m breaststroke men s 400m individual medley women s 50m freestyle men s 50m backstroke men s 1500m freestyle women s 400m individual medley men s 4x100m medley

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open water event schedule day 1 tuesday 19 july 10:00 women s 10km day 2 wednesday 20 july 16:00 5km team event day 3 friday 22 july 10:00 women s 5km 14:00 men s 10km 15:00 men s 5km www.swimming.org 14th fina world championships ­ ­ ­ open water event schedule day 4 saturday 23 july 10:00 men s 25km 10:15 women s 25km

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calling all swimmers richard branson and ronan keating are leading a relay team in a swim across the irish sea to raise £1million for cancer research uk s life-saving work find out more and sponsor the team at www.the-swim.co.uk ­ ­ ­

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