Paul Robert Easter (born 14 May 1963) is a former competitive

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who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, and competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.

Swimming career

He was

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swimmer, and swam for

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in Edinburgh.Gilmore, Jamie, editor (1990) "One Hundred Years of Warrender Baths Club 1888-1988" Macdonald Lindsay Pindar plc, Edinburgh, He also swam for City of

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swimming club and

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while studying there. He competed at the

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for Great Britain at the

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).Great Britain Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games
Sports Reference/Olympic Sports, Retrieved 8 December 2013 In 1984 he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside

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, and Paul Howe. Easter won six Scottish swimming championships and broke eight Scottish swimming records in 1982. He swam for Great Britain in the European Cup and competed for Scotland in the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ...

in Brisbane], Australia where he won a bronze medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay with

, Douglas Campbell and Graeme Wilson, and a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay with Douglas Campbell, Iain Cambell and William McGoldrick. He represented Great Britain at the

1982 World Aquatics Championships The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines: *Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female); *Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 ...

in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In 1983 he broke eight Scottish records, was named the outstanding swimmer at the British short-course championships in Cardiff and represented Great Britain in an international swimming matches against Holland, Russia and Canada. In 1984 he broke the Scottish 100 and 200 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly records before winning his bronze medal at the Olympics. In 1985 he broke the Scottish 200 m freestyle record again and won the 400 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly championships. He was selected to swim for Scotland at the

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but had to withdraw because of illness. He won the 1985 British Championship in the 400 metres freestyle and the 100 metres butterfly.

Personal life

In 2012 Easter was a police officer at the

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. He was the dive team leader in the underwater-search unit. In 2014 Easter occasionally coached swimming at

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. Easter was inducted into the

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in 2018.

References

External links

British Olympic Association athlete profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Easter, Paul 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Norwich Scottish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Scottish Olympic medallists Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Arizona State Sun Devils men's swimmers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

Personal life

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