Nicholas Grainger
{{Short description|British swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| fullname = Nicholas Grainger
| national_team = {{GBR2}}
| strokes = Freestyle
| club = City of Sheffield
| coach = Russ Barber
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
| height = 199 cm
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{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | World Championships (LC)}}
{{Medal|Gold | 2015 Kazan | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Budapest|4x200 m freestyle}}
{{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|4x200 m freestyle}}
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Nicholas Grainger (born 3 October 1994) is an English freestyle swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships. He has won two gold medals as part of a relay team at the World Championships.
Early life
Grainger was born on 3 October 1994 in Rotherham, England.{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/bio/nicholas-grainger/|title=Nicholas Grainger |work=SwimSwam }} He studied at Sheffield Hallam University.{{cite web |url=http://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/students-selected-commonwealth-games?filter=Sporting-events |title=Students selected for Commonwealth Games |date=14 July 2014 |work= Sheffield Hallam University }}
Career
Grainger competed for City of Sheffield before being selected for the national team. He first competed in an international in the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, but only finished eighth in the 200m freestyle due to a back injury that affected his training before the games.{{cite news |url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-injured-grainger-happy-to-have-given-it-a-go-1-6751338 |title=Commonwealth Games: Injured Grainger happy to have given it a go|date=25 July 2014|work=Sheffield Telegraph }}
In 2015, Grainger qualified for the World Championships after finishing second in the final of the 400m freestyle at the British Swimming Championships.{{cite news |url= http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/swimming/fantastic-result-for-sheffield-swimmer-nicholas-grainger-in-london-1-7209952 |title=‘Fantastic’ result for Sheffield swimmer Nicholas Grainger in London|first=Joanna |last=Pendleton |date= 14 April 2015|work=The Star }} At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, he failed to qualified for the 400m freestyle final, but he was part of team that won gold in the Men's 4 × 200m freestyle relay. He swam in the heats but not in the final.{{cite web |url= https://www.sportinglife.com/other-sports/news/fourth-gold-for-gb/91704 |title=World Swimming Championships: GB won 4th gold with relay success|date= 28 July 2017|work=Sporting Life }}
At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Grainger won gold in the 4x200m freestyle with James Guy, Stephen Milne and Duncan Scott.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/40759166 |title=World Swimming Championships: Great Britain claim gold in 4x200m freestyle |date=28 July 2017 |work=BBC Sport |first=Nick |last=Hope}}
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, Grainger was part of the team that won silver in the 4x200 m freestyle.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43689617 |title=Commonwealth Games: Duncan Scott and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor claim swimming gold > Relay silver for England |work=BBC Sport |date=8 April 2018 }}
References
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External links
- [https://swimswam.com/bio/nicholas-grainger/ Nicholas Grainger] at Swimswam
- {{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/nick-grainger/ |title=Nick Grainger |work=British Swimming |access-date=2017-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730111326/https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/nick-grainger/ |archive-date=2017-07-30 |url-status=dead }}
- [http://www.fina.org/athletes/nicholas-grainger Nicholas Grainger] at FINA
{{Footer World LC Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
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Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Rotherham
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University