Nicholas Pyle

Nicholas Pyle (born 17 December 2000) is an English swimmer who specialises in backstroke. He has won gold representing Great Britain at the European Championships.

Nicholas Pyle
Personal information
National team Great Britain
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubNewcastle Swim Team
CoachSteven Tigg
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow4×100 m medley
2018 Glasgow4×100 m mixed medley

Background

Pyle is from Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended St Cuthbert's High School.[1] He was a member of Newcastle Swim Team.[2] He finished his A-level in 2019, and moved to University of Stirling to train with his team mates.[3]

Career

In 2018, Pyle won his first gold at the British Championships held in Edinburgh in the 50 metre backstroke.[4] He won a bronze in the 100 metre backstroke at the European Junior Championships in Helsinki in a personal best time of 54.69.[5]

Pyle had his debut on a senior British team at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow. He was part of the British quartet with Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott in the final of the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay which they won, earning Pyle his first senior European title.[6] He won a further gold in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay as part of the team, only swimming in the preliminaries but not in the final.[7]

References
  1. Sharma, Sonia (29 August 2016). "Tyneside's Olympians of the future poised to take part in national School Games". Chronicle Live.
  2. "Current Sports Scholars". Sport Newcastle.
  3. Race, Retta (27 September 2019). "Pyle Moves To Stirling, Yendell Makes New Home At Dervention Excel". SwimSwam.
  4. "British Swimming Championships: James Guy defends 200m butterfly title". BBC Sport. 1 March 2018.
  5. "Anderson Delivers Gold in Helsinki". British Swimming. 5 July 2018.
  6. Keith, Braden (9 August 2018). "Great Britain Breaks European Championship Record in Men's Medley". Swim Swam.
  7. "Record-breaking gold for mixed medley swim team". Swimming.org. 6 August 2018.
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