Edward Mildred
{{short description|British swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Edward Mildred
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| nationality = British (English)
| strokes = butterfly
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|4|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Northampton, England
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| height = 6'3"
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Rome|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European U-23 Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Dublin|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Dublin|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Dublin|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Rome|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Rome|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Rome|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Youth Olympic Festival}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Baku|200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Baku|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Baku|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|{{nowrap|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m mixed medley}}
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Edward Mildred (born 10 April 2003) is a British swimmer who won three medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Career
Mildred competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi.{{cite web |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |title=15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Men's 200m Butterfly |work=FINA |access-date=16 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=16 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241116202103/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190104EE0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf}}
He produced a personal best of 52.19 seconds in the men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/mildred-sets-new-best-time-busy-qualifying-session/ |title=Mildred sets new best time in busy qualifying session |work=British Swimming |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=24 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007025431/https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/mildred-sets-new-best-time-busy-qualifying-session/}}
who won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the inaugural U-23 European Championships in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.org/sport/mildred-thompson-win-seventh-golds-british-summer-champs/ |title=Mildred and Thompson win seventh golds of British Summer Champs |website=Swimming.org |date=31 July 2017 |access-date=16 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528040227/https://www.swimming.org/sport/mildred-thompson-win-seventh-golds-british-summer-champs/}}{{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/ed-ing-right-direction/ |title=Ed-ing in the right direction |work=British Swimming |date=7 February 2021 |access-date=16 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926053625/https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/ed-ing-right-direction/}}
In 2025, Mildred successfully defended his 100 metres butterfly title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.{{cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/british-championships-day-2-prelims-duncan-scott-opens-world-trials-campaign-in-200-fly/ |title=British Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Ed Mildred Fires Off PB To Head 200 Fly |date=16 April 2025 |website=Swimming World Magazine |access-date=19 April 2025}}
References
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External links
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- {{Team England|edward-mildred}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60496}}
{{London Roar roster}}
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Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Sportspeople from Northampton
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
Category:English male butterfly swimmers
Category:British male butterfly swimmers
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