Lewis White
Personal information
NationalityEnglish/British
Born (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000
Norwich
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCity of Derby, City of Manchester Aquatics
CoachMelanie Marshall, Amanda Bell, Mark Rose
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de Janeiro400m freestyle S9
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Funchal100m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place 2016 Funchal 4x100 m freestyle relay – 34pts
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast100m freestyle S9
2018 Dublin European Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Dublin100m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place2018 Dublin400m freestyle S9

Lewis White (born 17 April 2000) is a retired Paralympic British swimmer who competed as a S9 classification swimmer, mainly in freestyle events. He holds multiple British records, winning 6 senior international medals in his career. Whilst training at City of Derby, under the tutelage of Mel Marshall, he won 3 international medals. Firstly, 2 Silvers at the Funchal European Championships followed by a Bronze at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. This was followed 2 years later, now coached by Amanda Bell, with another 2 Silver Medals at the Dublin European Championships, rounding out the season with another Silver medal, this time at the 2018 Australia Commonwealth Games. All medals came in the 100m or 400m freestyle. Lewis then moved to City of Manchester Aquatics, qualifying for one last European Championships though ultimately retiring before this event.

He remains British record holder in multiple freestyle events (long course and short course) as well as a 20+ time British champion with the first national title won at age 12. He retired in early 2020. [1]

Personal history

White was born in Norwich, England, in April 2000 and grew up in Lowestoft before moving to Derby.[2] He was born without a right hand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "White, Lewis". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "White, Lewis". bbc.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.


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