Robert Welbourn (born 11 June 1987) is a British

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swimmer. He was born in

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. He began his swimming career at Deeping Swimming Club in Deeping St. James. At both the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2008 Summer 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 was ...

he won gold medals in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay (34 points) and silver medals in the 400 metre freestyle (S10) events. In 2013 Welbourn was part of the British team that competed at the

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in Montreal. He took silver in the 400m freestyle, finishing behind America's Ian Jaryd Silverman.

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* 1987 births Living people English male swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire World record holders in paralympic swimming S10-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships British male freestyle swimmers British male medley swimmers 21st-century British people {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub