Emma Cattle (born 10 April 1988 in Luton)[1] is a British Paralympian competing in S10 events. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won medals at the 2009 and 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships.
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| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1988 Luton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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| Classifications | S10, SM10 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Luton | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Cattle has cerebral palsy.[1] She attended Barnfield College.[1]
Career edit
Cattle trains at Luton swimming club,[2] and competes in S10 and SM10 events.[1] She began swimming aged 8 at her local swimming club in Luton.[1] She was selected to compete at the 2008 Paralympics,[3] coming sixth in the final of the 100 metre backstroke S10 competition.[4] She also competed in the 50 metre freestyle S10, where she finished last in her heat,[5] and the Women's 200 m individual medley SM10, where she was disqualified in her heat.[6] Cattle qualified to compete at the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships, her third appearance at the event.[2] She won a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle S10.[7] In 2009, Cattle broke the British 100m backstroke S10 record with a time of 1:12.55; her record was later broken in 2013.[8] At the 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships, Cattle won a silver medal in the 100 metres backstroke S10 event;[9] her time in the event was a national record. She also set a national record in the 50 metres freestyle event, and set personal bests in the 100 metres freestyle and 200m individual medley events.[10]
Cattle failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Paralympics after finishing eighth in the 400m mixed category freestyle final at the British Championships.[11] In 2015, Cattle won the mixed category 100m freestyle C final of a 2015 British Para-Swimming International Meet event in Glasgow.[12] She also competed in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events in the East Region Winter Championships.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Cattle, Emma". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Luton SC duo head for International Paralympic Committee European Swimming Championships". Luton Today. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "GB name Paralympic swimming squad". BBC Sport. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Women's 100 m Backstroke S10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: 50 metre freestyle S10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Eleanor Simmonds leads British gold haul in Iceland". The Guardian. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Guttridge, Roger (8 March 2013). "Swimming: Rio prospect Alice breaks national paralympic record". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Rodgers secures fantastic four". Altogether Now. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Cattle claims silver at Europeans". Dunstable Today. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Hart, Simon (3 March 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Hannah Miley and four others secure Olympic places". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Applegate strikes gold in Glasgow". East Swimming. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "SWIMMING: Team Luton excel in Winter Champs". Dunstable Today. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
External links edit
- Emma Cattle at the International Paralympic Committee
- Emma Cattle at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)