Liam Tancock

Liam Tancock
Personal information
Surname:	Liam John Tancock
Nation:	United Kingdom
Swimming style (s) :	Layers, backs
Society:	Exeter City Swimming Club
Birthday:	May 7, 1985
Place of birth:	Exeter
Size:	1.83 m
Medal table

Liam Tancock John (born May 7, 1985 in Exeter ) is a British swimming professional .

Career

His focus is mainly on the sprint routes of the back distances. At Exeter City Swimming Club he started his swimming career, which he continued at Loughborough University , where he studied sports science .
Tancock's breakthrough came on April 2nd, 2008 , when he set a new world record over the 50 m back at the British Olympiatrials . Just eight days later he reached another high point in his career when he won the gold medal over the 100 m back course at the 2008 World Short Course Championships in Manchester . With the qualification over the distances of 100 m back and 200 m medley for the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing he took part in the Olympic Summer Games for the first time. At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi , Tancock won over 50 m backs and 100 m backs, with the 4 × 100 m individual medley he was third. At the following Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 , he won gold in the 4 × 100 m individual relay relay and bronze over 50 m backs and 100 m backs.

Tancock is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play .

Records

World records (1)
50 m back	00: 24.04 min	August 2, 2009	Rome
Commonwealth Games Records (4)
50 m back	00: 24.04 min	August 2, 2009	Rome
100 m back	00: 53.46 min	August 22, 2007	Chiba
100 m back (short course)	00: 50.14 min	April 10, 2008	Manchester
200 m layers (short course)	01: 53.10 min	April 10, 2008	Manchester
(As of August 2, 2009)

Web links

• Liam Tancock in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• Liam Tancock in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Web site Liam Tancock (English)