Country United Kingdom World Championships 4 Club Mansfield Paralympic Games 1 Height 1.70 m | Coached by Glenn Smith Name Oliver Hynd Sport swimming European Championships 3 | |
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Born 27 October 1994 (age 29) ( 1994-10-27 ) Education Ashfield School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield Profiles | ||
Oliver hynd is looking forward to the 2015 ipc swimming world champs
Oliver William Hynd MBE, known as Ollie, (born 27 October 1994 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) is a British swimmer. He competes in the Paralympics as a class 8 swimmer, having neuromuscular myopathy and associated limb deformities.
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Hynd made his international debut at the 2011 IPC European Championships where he won the 200 m individual medley, setting a new European record. In the 400 m freestyle, he finished in second place just behind older brother Sam.
Hynd won a gold medal in SM8 200m individual medley at Paralympics 2012.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to swimming.
In 2015, Hynd was awarded the Disabled Sportsperson of the Year accolade at the Nottinghamshire Sports Awards for the second year in a row.
At the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016, Hynd won the gold medal in his opening event, the 400 m freestyle S8, beating the world record in the final, held on 8 September. He repeated the feat in his closing event, winning gold and setting a new world record in the 200 m individual medley SM8.
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