Ieuan David Lloyd (born 9 July 1993) is a

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competitive swimmer. He competed in both the

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and the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

for Team GB.

Biography

Born just outside

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in 1993, Lloyd found his enthusiasm for

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early on. At the age of 11 he attended Stanwell School where he stayed until completing his

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in 2011, obtaining A grades in Chemistry, Biology and Maths. He now lives in the city of Cardiff. He is proficient in both English and

. In 2009 he competed in the

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in Tampere, Finland, winning Gold in the under-16s men's 200m individual medley at the age of 15. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 200 metre freestyle, finishing in 19th place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. On 31 July he competed in the 4 × 200 m swimming relay race where the team qualified for the final but finished 6th with a time of 7 minutes 9.33 seconds, 9.63 seconds behind the winning USA team. In the 2016 Rio Olympics he made the semifinal of the 200 Individual Medley where he lined up with

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and Ryan Lochte. He ended up finishing tenth overall. In August 2012, Lloyd "photobombed"

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David Cameron at the end of the London 2012 Olympics parade.

References

1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Cardiff Welsh male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Wales-sport-bio-stub