Alexander Cohoon
{{Short description|English swimmer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
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| strokes = Freestyle
| club = Loughborough University
Cirencester SC
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| education = Farmor's School
Loughborough University
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Alex Cohoon (born 17 September 2002) is a British swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
From Fairford in Gloucestershire, he attended Farmor's School and was a member of Cirencester Swimming Club from the age of five years old. He attends Loughborough University.{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Jackson|title= Swimmer Alex Cohoon heading for Olympic Games in Paris|date=12 April 2024|url=https://thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/swimming/swimmer-alex-cohoon-heading-for-olympic-games-in-paris.aspx?area=all|accessdate=17 April 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2024/april/lboro-swimmers-impress-at-british-champs/|website=lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=17 April 2024|title=Loughborough swimmers impress at British Championships|date=8 April 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/18291210.cirencester-teen-swimmer-qualifies-2020-tokyo-olympic-trials/|website=Wiltsglosstandard|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= Cirencester teen swimmer qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympic trials|date=9 March 2020}} Until the age of 17 he was in the academy of Premiership Rugby side Gloucester Rugby.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/cx9wky9eqd7o.amp|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=14 May 2024|title= How Cohoon went from rugby hopeful to Olympic swimmer|first=Andrew|last=Aloia|date=14 May 2024}}
Career
In 2019 he won gold in the 50 metres freestyle in the 17+ years age group category at the English Nationals at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, in a personal best time of 23.86 seconds. At the same meet he won a silver in the 50m butterfly.{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Jackson|url=https://thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/swimming/rising-star-alex-cohoon-cirencester-swimming-club.aspx?area=all|website=The Local Answer|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= Rising Star: Alex Cohoon, Cirencester Swimming Club|date=26 September 2019}}
In 2022, he won four gold medals competing in the 50m freestyle; the 100m freestyle, 100m freestyle relay and the 100m medley relay at the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition. He defended all four titles successfully in Sheffield in March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/23405218.alex-cohoon-step-nearer-chosen-olympic-games/|website=wiltsglosstandard.co.u k|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= Alex Cohoon is a step nearer to being chosen for the Olympic games|date=
22 March 2023}}
In August 2023, he won an individual bronze medal in the men’s 100m freestyle and a silver medal in the mixed 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the European U-23 Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/sport/23739994.fairford-swimmer-wins-medals-european-championships/|website=wiltsglosstandard|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= Fairford swimmer wins medals at European Championships|date=22 August 2023}}
He won the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle races at the 2024 City of Sheffield Premier Meet.{{cite web|website=Swimswam.com|url=https://swimswam.com/cohoon-okaro-crack-sprint-freestyle-barriers-at-city-of-sheffield-meet/|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= COHOON & OKARO CRACK SPRINT FREESTYLE BARRIERS AT CITY OF SHEFFIELD MEET|date=March 11, 2024}}
He finished fourth in the 100m freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in April 2024 in a personal best time of 48.2 seconds.{{cite web|website=Gazetteseries|url=https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/24240280.alex-cohoon-qualifies-paris-olympics/|accessdate=17 April 2024|title= Alex Cohoon qualifies for Paris Olympics|date=13 April 2024}} He was subsequently selected as part of the 2024 British Olympic team to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.swimming.org/sport/paris-2024-olympic-games-team-named/|website=Swimming.org|accessdate=17 April 2024|date=16 April 2024|title= 'Exciting' Team GB swimming team named for Paris 2024 Olympic Games}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/68825731 |title=Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games |work=BBC Sport |date=16 April 2024 |access-date=20 April 2024}} At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he participated in the men's 50 metre freestyle competition, where he was eliminated in the heats.
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Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Gloucestershire
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics