James Guy
James Guy 
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| Surname: | James Guy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team: | Millfield School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | November 26, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Guy (born November 26, 1995 in Bury , Greater Manchester ) is a British swimmer who specializes in the 200 and 400 m freestyle courses and also competes in butterfly swimming.
Career
James Guy made his debut at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp in 2012 , where he won bronze in the 400m freestyle. A year later he took part in the British senior championships for the first time and also won bronze in the 200 and 400 m freestyle. After two gold medals at the Junior European Championships 2013 in Poznan , he entered the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona at the age of 17 , where he was fifth in the 400 m freestyle and eighth in the 4 × 200 m freestyle. He also won three medals at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Dubai , including gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
In 2014 Guy was three times British champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly. He then won his first international senior medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with bronze in the 400m freestyle behind Ryan Cochrane and David McKeon . In addition, he swam in the run-up to the English season over 4 × 100 m individual medley, which won gold in the final. At the end of the year he won silver at the World Short Course Championships in Doha over 400 m freestyle behind Péter Bernek under was over 200 m freestyle tenth. At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan , James Guy first won silver in the 400 m freestyle behind Olympic champion Sun Yang , before two days later he took gold in the 200 m freestyle ahead of Sun and Paul Biedermann . With the British relay over 4 × 200 m freestyle he was also world champion and fourth in 4 × 100 m individual medley (as a butterfly swimmer). In 2016 he won gold in the 4 × 100 m medley and bronze in the 200 m freestyle at the European Championships in London .
James Guy trains at the renowned Millfield School in Somerset with Jol Finck and Euan Dale .
Best times and records
| discipline | Long track | Short course | ||||
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| 200 m freestyle | BR 1: 45.14 min | 4th August 2015 | Kazan | BR 1: 42.93 min | December 12, 2015 | Indianapolis |
| 400 m freestyle | BR 3: 43.75 min | 2nd August 2015 | Kazan | BR 3: 36.35 min | 5th December 2014 | Doha |
| 100 m butterfly | 52.15 s | April 15, 2016 | Glasgow | 52.95 s | November 10, 2013 | Tokyo |
| 200 m butterfly | 1: 57.09 min | June 25, 2015 | Glasgow | 1: 55.22 min | 15th November 2014 | Millfield |
| (BR = British record; as of July 24, 2016) | ||||||
Web links
- Profile at the British Swimming Federation (English)
- James Guy in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Best times at swimmingresults.org (English)
- Results at the-sports.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Guy, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bury , UK |