Nicholas ("Nick") Alfred Neckles (born 24 November 1978 in Bridgetown, Barbados)[1] is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics. Heckles also competed at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games
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Full name | Nicholas Alfred Neckles | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bridgetown, Barbados | 24 November 1978|||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Stirling (Scotland) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As of April 2009, he holds the Barbadian Record in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke.
He also competed/attended college at Scotland's University of Stirling.[2]
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set the Games Records in the 200 backstroke (2:00.85), bettering the 2:01.53 swum by Cuba's Neisser Bent at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Neckles time also set the Barbadian Record.
References
edit- ^ Neckles' entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ Stirling Swimmers Head for Olympic Trials, University of Stirling; published 2004-04-05; retrieved 2009-06-25.