Benjamin William Oliver Swain (born 31 March 1986) is a British synchronized diver. During the

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2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, Swain took part in the Men's 3m Springboard Synchronized event with

Nicholas Robinson-Baker Nicholas Robinson-Baker (born 24 June 1987) is an English diver. Robinson-Baker became interested in diving when he attended a boxing camp near Crystal Palace and used the pool there. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he was ...

. Swain and Robinson-Baker were placed seventh at

in the synchronised 3m springboard event. He won gold in 2009 in the 3m synchro with Robinson-Baker in the World Series leg in Mexico. He suffered an injury to his

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in December 2009 and had an ACL reconstruction in February 2010, ending his season, after which Robinson-Baker partnered with Chris Mears that year. Swain returned to diving in 2011 but did not make the Olympic team in 2012. Ben Swain retired in 2012 and became a sport and remedial massage therapist until 2015. Ben married in 2013 in Scotland and in 2015, changed career, successfully training to become an emergency medical technician, working for the NHS ambulance service until moving to Australia in November 2017. Swain has a Diploma Sport and Exercise Science from Manchester Metropolitan University and a degree in Paramedic Science from Flinders University (Adelaide).

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1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Welwyn Garden City English male divers Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Great Britain {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub