Liam Tancock

Liam Tancock

XIX Commonwealth Games-2010
Personal information
Full name	Liam John Tancock
Nickname	"The Tank"
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39) Exeter, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, medley
College team	Loughborough University
Coach	James Gibson
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Great Britain World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 50 m backstroke 2011 Shanghai 50 m backstroke 2005 Montreal 50 m backstroke 2007 Melbourne 50 m backstroke 2007 Melbourne 100 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 100 m backstroke 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke 2008 Manchester 200 m medley 2008 Manchester 100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2010 Budapest 50 m backstroke 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2010 Budapest 100 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2005 Trieste 50 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 4×50 m medley 2005 Trieste 4×50 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2005 Izmir 50 m backstroke Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 100 m backstroke 2010 Delhi 50 m backstroke 2010 Delhi 100 m backstroke 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 2006 Melbourne 50 m backstroke 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle 2010 Delhi 4×100 m medley 2014 Glasgow 50 m backstroke 2014 Glasgow 100 m backstroke

Liam John Tancock (born 7 May 1985) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He specialised in backstroke and individual medley events. He is a three-time world champion and a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and held the world record in the 50-metre backstroke (long course) for almost a decade.