Jacob Whittle
{{short description|British competitive swimmer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Jacob Whittle
| full_name = Jacob Henry Whittle
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|9|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Alfreton, England
| height =
| weight =
| strokes = Freestyle
| club = Loughborough University
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Fukuoka|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Budapest|Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Rome|4×200 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2020 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Rome|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Youth Olympic Festival}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Baku|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Baku|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Baku|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
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Jacob Henry Whittle (born 25 September 2004) is a British competitive swimmer from Alfreton who specializes in freestyle swimming{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/swimming-from-home-talk-show-15-year-old-jacob-whittle-on-keeping-his-head/|website=swimswam.com|title=Swimming From Home Talk Show: 15-Year-Old Jacob Whittle on Keeping His Head|date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2020-11-09}} and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
In 2020 he joined as the youngest member of the New York Breakers in the International Swimming League as a professional athlete.{{cite web|url=https://a.isl.global/swimmer/whittle-jacob/|website=a.isl.global|title=ISL|access-date=2020-11-09}} Whittle was included in April 2021 as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team which included Sarah Vasey, Abbie Wood and Molly Renshaw who are all from Derbyshire and also at their first Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title='Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|url=https://www.swimming.org/sport/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-team-named/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub|language=en}}
In 2024, he was named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{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=16 April 2024}} At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he participated in the men's 100 metre freestyle competition, where he was eliminated in the heats.
References
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External links
- {{British Swimming swimmer|jacob-whittle}}
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- {{Team England|jacob-whittle}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60507}}
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Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Sportspeople from Derbyshire
Category:Sportspeople from Alfreton
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics