Ironmate - Mark Kleanthous

Great Britain medal hopes for London 2012

Medal hot shots for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Alphabetical order
A:
Rebecca Adlington Sport –Swimming Date of Birth 17h February 1989
Olympic record Beijing 2008 400m Freestyle Gold 800m freestyle Gold
Ben Ainslie DOB 5th February 1977. Born Lymington by the sea.
Olympic record 1996 Laser Class –Silver. 2000 Laser Class Gold – 2004 Finn Class Gold 2008 Finn Class gold.
Will he win a medal for the sixth year? Don’t forget he has already won 3 gold medals.

Chris Adcock Mixed doubles Badminton
Current form silver medallist at mixed doubles at Badmintons world championships August 2010.

B:

Imogen Bankier Mixed doubles Badminton
Current form silver medallist at mixed doubles at Badmintons world championships August 2010.

D:
Tom Daley Sport Diving from a platform Born 21st May 1994 location Plymouth.
Olympic record 2008 7th & 10th platform. He has already won the world senior 10m platform so should be able to secure gold on home soil in 2012.

E: 

Jessica Ennis -Sport Heptathlon Born 28th January 1986 Location Sheffield.
Olympic record – Not yet no Olympics yet due to foot injury prior to Beijing.
Sporting record World Heptathlon champion in Berlin 2009.

H:
Francesca Halsall – Date of Birth 12th April 1990 born Southport (Twitter frankieslug) Sport swimming height 175 weight 58kg
2008 Olympic Games record
4th 4x100m medley relay 3:57:50 – 7th 400m Freestyle Relay 3:38;18- 8th 100m Freestyle 54:29 -21st 100m Butterfly58:70 – 9th 4x200m Free style relay7:56:16 -10th 50m Freestyle 24.80
Podiums
2008 Short course world championships silver 52.79 – Bronze 50m Freestyle 24:11 –Bronze 4x100m Medley Relay 3:53:02 –Bronze 4x100m Freestyle relay 3:32:88

Sir Chris Hoy Date of Birth 23rd March 1976 Born Edinburgh
Olympic record 2000 Team Sprint Silver – 2004 1km Gold 2008 Keirin Gold Individual sprint Gold Team Sprint Gold
Knight rider: Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy will be hoping to steer Great Britain to success
Has he one more Olympics in him. A crash on the track last year took its toll but he returned in the winter to win three World Cup gold medals.

L:

Corinna Lawrence – Sport Fencing
Age 21 (July 2010) Home town Plymouth
Height 167cm (63kg) Trains 25 hours a week.
11 x British fencing champion. Commonwealth junior champion. Bronze junior European championships. Olympics no experience using 2012 as benchmark for 2016.

What it takes to win fencing gold – Agility lightening reaction strength to lunge but also speed to move, agility to twist. Excellent core strength

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Lawrence Okoye – Discuss Throw
Olympic record no. Started throwing the discuss June 2010.
Height 6ft 6 (1.98m)
Weight 20st 6lbs (286 lbs)
Sport Discus -Length 67:63 (Lawrence had 4th longest throw in world July 2011)
Coach Christopher Barnett head teacher at school
Academic achievements
A star in History -A star in English -A in Maths- A in economics

P:

Kerry Anne Payne born South Africa now lives near Manchester UK.
Born December 9th 1987 – Sport swimming pool long distance & 10km open water swimming.
Won the 10km open water world swim championships July 2010 in Shanghai.
Olympic record – Silver 10km swim Beijing 2008.
First British athlete in any sport to qualify for the London 2012 summer Olympics when she won 10km world chmapionship swim July 2010.

Victoria Pendleton Sport Track Cycling Born 24th September 1980 Location Stotfold.
Olympic record Beijing 2008 Individual Sprint Gold
London 2012 time table and extra events will now allow Victoria to go for gold in 3 events. In 2007 at the world cycling track championships she won 3 gold medals so with a similar time table she won 3 gold medals.

Iain Percy born 21st march 1976 Location Southampton Sport Sailing
Olympic record 2000 Finn class Gold.

Zac Purchase is the reigning Olympic and World Champion in the lightweight double scull.
Date of Birth 2nd May 1986 Born in Cheltenham
World record holder since 2006 (December 2011)
He was awarded the MBE in the 2009 New Years Honours list.
Olympic record – Gold lightweight scull with Mark Hunter Beijing Olympics.
(First Great Britain ever lightweight medal)
World Championship performance
2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled he won the Gold medal LM2x
2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand he won the Gold medal LM2x.
In 2007 Bronze LMX2x 2006 Gold LM1x
Current world best time of 6:47:82 for single scull (2006) date January 2012
Zac is a lottery funded athlete via UK Sport.

R
Nathan Robertson – Mixed doubles badminton
Born 1967
Olympic record silver medal Athens 2004

S

Andrew Simpson born 17th December 1976 location Sherborne -Sport sailing
Olympic record 2008 Star class gold

Zoe Smith –Sport weight lifting category 58kg
Lives Greenwich London (London borough of Equestrian 2012)
Age 17 (2011)

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Jenny Wallwork - Mixed doubles badminton
Olympic record –No

More updates coming soon

Please note each athlete has to reach the qualifying standard in their respective event.