Jonathan Fox (swimmer)

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Jonathan Fox
MBE
Fox in 2012
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Andrew Fox
Born30 May 1991 (1991-05-30) (age 32)
Plymouth, Devon, England
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m backstroke – S7
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke – S7
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke – S7
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 100 m backstroke – S7
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montreal 400 m freestyle – S7
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle – S7
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik
4x100 m freestyle 34pts
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S7
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke – S7
Gold medal – first place 2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke – S7
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S7
Silver medal – second place 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S7

Jonathan Andrew Fox

Paralympic swimmer
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Personal life

Fox was born on 30 May 1991 in

Cornwall College, earning a BTEC in Sport and Science in 2007.[3][4]

He was born with cerebral palsy and competes in the S7 Paralympic classification.[5]

Swimming

Fox was introduced to

Paralympic swimming at a Regional Disability Swimming meet in 2001.[4]

He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics held in Beijing, China. Fox won a silver medal in the 100-metre backstroke S7 event. He also finished fifth in the 100-metre freestyle, eighth in the 50-metre freestyle and ninth in the 400-metre freestyle.[4]

In 2009 at the

IPC Swimming World Championships Fox won a gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke event and a bronze in the 400-metre freestyle. In the same year he won two gold medals and two bronze at the British Championships. In 2011 Fox won three gold, a silver and two bronze medals at the European Championships in Berlin as well as two gold medals at the British Championships.[4]

Fox was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 400-metre freestyle and 100-metre backstroke events in the S7 classification.[6] In the heats of the 100 m backstroke he broke his own world record, setting a time of one minute 9.86 seconds to qualify fastest for the final.[7] He went on to win the final in a time of one minute 10.46 seconds to take Great Britain's first swimming gold medal at the Games.[8][9]

As of February 2013, he holds S7 world records in

long course 200-metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle, 50 metres backstroke and 100 metres backstroke events.[10]

Honours

Fox was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[11][12]

See also
  • 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom

References

  1. ^ GRO reference: June 1991, Vol. 21, Page 1537
  2. ^ "Jonathan Fox profile page". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b Houghton, Jermaine (21 July 2012). "Jonathan Fox". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Jonathan Fox". British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Fox targets 2012 Paralympic gold". BBC Sport. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Jonathan Fox – Events and results". The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  7. ^ Burns, Liz (30 August 2012). "Swimming: Team GB's Jonathan Fox sets new world record at the Aquatics Centre". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Paralympics: Fox wins GB's first swimming gold". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  9. ^ Hope, Nick (30 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Jonathan Fox wins British gold in the pool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  10. ^ IPC Swimming World Records – Long Course[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  12. ^ [1] Cabinet Office

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