Richard James Charlesworth (born 26 October 1988) is an English competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and distance

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

r who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games. He first started swimming with Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club and currently represents Hatfield Swimming Club At the

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 ...

in Beijing, Charlesworth competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1500-metre freestyle event, finishing with 25th-best time overall.

References

British Swimming athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profile
1988 births Living people English male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Hemel Hempstead Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{UK-swimming-bio-stub