Josef Craig
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| Full name | Josef Isaac Craig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1997 Hebburn, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Sunderland ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Danny Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josef Isaac Craig, MBE (born 17 February 1997) is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. Craig competed in S8 events and qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning gold in a world record time in the men's 400 m freestyle event.[1]
Personal life
Craig was born in
Career history
Craig trained at the City of Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club. In 2012 he set five personal bests at the Paralympic trials for the 2012 Games in London and then won his first British medal with a bronze in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 British Swimming Championships.[2] Later that year, at the British International Disability Championships, he improved again on his personal best to take the youth 100 m freestyle title. In the same tournament, Craig won gold in the men's youth 50 m, with a time of 29.95s, and bronze in the men's open 400 m challenge.[2]
Craig's performances in 2012 saw him selected for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He was selected for four events, the
Craig was appointed
Initially classified as a S7 swimmer, Craig was reclassified in April 2014 as S8. His previous achievements continued to stand, but it meant that Craig would now compete in future events with swimmers deemed to have more mobility. His first major tournament after being reclassified was the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, where he claimed three bronze medals, an achievement that Craig was pleased with.[12]
At the
See also
- 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ "Paralympics 2012: Josef Craig claims 400m gold in record time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Meet the Team – Josef Craig". swimming.org. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Josef Craig". Channel 4. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ Nightingale, Lisa (29 September 2012). "Top treat for golden boy Josef". shieldsgazette.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Scanlon, Rob. "Josef Casts A Golden Eye". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Pearce, Nick (6 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Josef Craig wins gold for Great Britain in 400m freestyle and breaks his own world record". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "Josef Craig celebrated with gold Jarrow postbox". BBC News. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Kat Copeland and Josef Craig share North East award". BBC Sport. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ "Josef Craig wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
- ^ "Members of the Order of the British Empire" (PDF). gov.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Josef Craig: Classification switch was tough for Paralympic champ". BBC Sport. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle - S8 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
External links
- Josef Craig at the International Paralympic Committee
- Josef Craig - Montreal 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships at the International Paralympic Committee