Reece Dunn
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Reecey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Plymouth, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Autism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S14, SB14, SM14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Plymouth Leander Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Robin Armayan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reece Dunn MBE (born 19 September 1995) is a British Paralympic swimmer. He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career
[edit]Dunn was named the World Disabled Swimmer of the Year in 2019.[2]
Dunn, who is diagnosed with autism, represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where he won a gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle and a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly S14 events. He also competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley SM14 event where he finished with a world record time of 2:08.02 and won a gold medal. He competed in the 100 metre backstroke S14 event and won a bronze medal.[3][4]
Dunn was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Reece Dunn". paralympics.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Swimming World Presents "The 2019 Athletes of the Year: Diving, Artistic, Water Polo, and Disabled Swimming"". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Reece Dunn". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: GB's Dunn wins swimming gold with world record". The Guardian. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N19.
External links
[edit]- Reece Dunn at British Swimming (archived)
- Reece Dunn at ParalympicsGB
- Reece Dunn at the International Paralympic Committee
- Reece Dunn at Team England
- Reece Dunn at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
   | This article about a Paralympic medalist of Great Britain is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Autistic sportspeople
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from Plymouth, Devon
- English male freestyle swimmers
- British male freestyle swimmers
- British male butterfly swimmers
- S14-classified para swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- English male backstroke swimmers
- British male backstroke swimmers
- English male butterfly swimmers
- English male medley swimmers
- British male medley swimmers
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- British Paralympic medalist stubs