Caitlin McClatchey
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Full name | Caitlin McClatchey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Caits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 28 November 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb; 8.5 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | University of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m free LC: 54.31 (2008) 200 m free LC: 1:56.62 (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caitlin McClatchey (born 28 November 1985) is a British former swimmer. Representing
She graduated with a politics degree from Loughborough University in 2011.
Personal life
McClatchey was born in
McClatchey has been in a relationship with fellow swimmer Liam Tancock since 2006. They married in 2019. [3][2][4] She started studying for a master's degree in Performance Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in January 2013.[4]
Career
McClatchey competed at her first Olympics in Athens 2004, finishing fifth as part of the British team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. In 2005, she won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle in the 2005 World Championships.
Competing in the 2006 Commonwealth games, McClatchey made national headlines by winning two gold medals.
McClatchey competed in the 2007 World Championships, but did not win a medal, placing 7th in the final of the 200 m freestyle and failing to reach the final in the 400 m freestyle. She swam in the British team that came 5th in the 4×200 m freestyle final, setting a new British record. McClatchey was disappointed in her results and said that she needed to revise her training schedule to build up muscle.
Selected for the
McClatchey competed for Scotland in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, reaching the semi-finals of the 100-metre freestyle, finishing fifth in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, fifth in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, and fifth in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
At the 2012 Olympics in London, McClatchey reached the 200 m freestyle final, finishing seventh. She was also a member of the British teams that finished fifth in both the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays.
In late 2012 McClatchey moved from Loughborough University, where she had been based for the previous eight years, to Edinburgh, after her coach Ian Armiger became head coach for the Cayman Islands. In Edinburgh she was coached by the head of performance swimming at the University of Edinburgh, Chris Jones.[4]
McClatchey announced her retirement from competitive swimming in June 2015.[7]
Honours
McClatchey was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018.[8][9]
See also
- Commonwealth Games records in swimming
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References
- "Caitlin's left behind in record race". Evening Times Online. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
- "Swimming: Record is consolation for Caitlin". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 30 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
- "McClatchey out to add more muscle". bbc.co.uk. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
- ^ "Swimming Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ^ Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ HeraldScotland.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (21 March 2006). "Commonwealth Games: Determined McClatchey is the flower of Scotland". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (13 August 2008). "GB relay medal chance lost as gamble on women's 200m relay fails". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Caitlin McClatchey announces retirement from swimming". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ Race, Loretta (1 October 2018). "Duncan Scott & Steven Tigg Earn Top Scottish Swimming Honors". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Scottish Swimming celebrate a year of success". Scottish Swimming. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
External links
- British Swimming athlete profile
- British Olympic Association athlete profile Archived 3 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine