Liam Tancock - Britain’s pride and World Champion in the 50m back-stroke category

Liam Tancock - Britain’s pride and World Champion in the 50m back-stroke category

Britain’s back-stroke specialist, Liam Tancock, was born on May 7, 1985, in Devon. Tancock has represented Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and has been a back-stroke medallist from 2005-2009. Tancock has a swimming career spread over eleven years.

The 25-year-old Tancock, made a debut to his national swimming career in 2001 at the British Championships, where he won a bronze medal in the 50m backstroke meet, in a time of 26.83 seconds. He finished seventh in the 100m back-stroke in 58.97seconds and 11th in 200m Individual Medley with a time of 2:10.40 minutes. He also ended 22nd in the 200m back-stroke. His performance was excellent for a debut, but not good enough to qualify him to higher levels of swimming competitions, so he did not participate in any other event that year.