Emma Cattle (born 10 April 1988 in Luton) is a British

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competing in

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events. She competed at the

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, and won medals at the

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and

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Personal life

Cattle has cerebral palsy. She attended

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Career

Cattle trains at Luton swimming club, and competes in

and SM10 events. She began swimming aged 8 at her local swimming club in Luton. She was selected to compete at the

2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

, coming sixth in the final of the 100 metre backstroke S10 competition. She also competed in the 50 metre freestyle S10, where she finished last in her heat, and the Women's 200 m individual medley SM10, where she was disqualified in her heat. Cattle qualified to compete at the

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, her third appearance at the event. She won a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle S10. In 2009, Cattle broke the British 100m backstroke S10 record with a time of 1:12.55; her record was later broken in 2013. At the

, Cattle won a silver medal in the 100 metres backstroke S10 event; her time in the event was a national record. She also set a national record in the 50 metres freestyle event, and set personal bests in the 100 metres freestyle and 200m individual medley events. Cattle failed to qualify for the

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after finishing eighth in the 400m mixed category freestyle final at the British Championships. In 2015, Cattle won the mixed category 100m freestyle C final of a 2015 British Para-Swimming International Meet event in Glasgow. She also competed in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events in the East Region Winter Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cattle, Emma 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Luton English female swimmers English disabled sportspeople Swimmers with cerebral palsy Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain S10-classified para swimmers British female backstroke swimmers British female freestyle swimmers 21st-century British women