Aimee Willmott (born 26 February 1993) is an English competitive

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who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She was the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the 400 metres individual medley.

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Willmott competed at the

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and

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in the 400 metre individual medley reaching the final in 2016. She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 2014 games in Glasgow where she won silver medals in the 400 metre individual medley and 200 metres butterfly and the 2018 Games in Gold Coast, Australia where she won a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley. Aimee currently trains at the University of Stirling. She also runs a business called Willmottswimskills where she imparts her knowledge of swimming to other swimmers across the country. Willmott has a younger sister Chloe (born 1 October 1994) who was a competitive swimmer. Their father,

Stuart Willmott Stuart Willmott (born 4 June 1964) is a male retired British swimmer. Swimming career He competed in the 1500 metres freestyle and 400 metres medley events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals. At the ASA National British C ...

is a former Olympic swimmer. She attended

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Teesside University and is a graduate from the

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Kazan 2015 - Aimee Willmott 400m medley final

In April 2016, she was selected to represent GB in the 2016 Olympics after finishing second behind Hannah Miley in the 400m individual medley at the British Championships. Willmott and her father Stuart went into business together in 2019 called ''Willmott Swim Skills''. with the motto “Learn Lots, Swim Fast”. Willmott is a member of the London Roar team, competing in Season 2 of the International Swimming League (ISL). The ISL is an annual professional swimming league featuring a team-based competition format with fast paced race sessions. 10 teams featuring the world’s best swimmers will compete for the ISL title in 2020. Willmott was named as a member of the "high quality" British team to go to the postponed

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in April 2021. This would be another Olympics where she would be joined by inexperienced Olympians like

Freya Anderson Freya Ann Alexandra Anderson (born 4 March 2001) is a British swimmer, known primarily for her achievements as a freestyle sprinter, especially as a relay swimmer for Great Britain. Anderson achieved nine relay gold medals at three editions of ...

and

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. On the 26 March, Willmott will attend an "Inspire Talk" at

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where she will give an inspirational speech to the students.

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* * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Willmott, Aimee 1993 births Living people English female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics British female medley swimmers Sportspeople from Middlesbrough Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Alumni of the University of East London Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century British women Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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