Nick Shackell
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1974-10-31) 31 October 1974 (age 49)
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubMillfield School[1]
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 4x100m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 4x200m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria medley relay
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x100m relay

Nicholas Shackell (also Nick) (born 31 October 1974) is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain.[2]

Swimming career

Nicholas competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing 28th fastest overall. He finished 8th as a member of the relay squad in the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, but the 4×100 metre medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries.[3]

He represented England winning three bronze medals in the relay events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[4][5] Four years later he represented England again and won a silver and bronze in the relay events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[6][7][8]

He won the 1994 British Championship in 100 metres freestyle.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame". Millfield School. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Nicholas Shackell". Sports Reference LLC.2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicholas Shackell Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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