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Nick Neckles Personal information Full name Nicholas Alfred Neckles Nationality Barbados Born November 24, 1978
Bridgetown, BarbadosHeight 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Backstroke College team University of Stirling (Scotland) Medal recordCentral American & Caribbean Games Gold 2006 Cartagena 50 Backstroke Gold 2006 Cartagena 100 Backstroke Gold 2006 Cartagena 200 Backstroke Silver 2010 Mayagüez 100 Backstroke Nicholas ("Nick") Alfred Neckles (born November 24, 1978 in Bridgetown, Barbados)[1] is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics. Neckles also competed at the 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games
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
- ^ 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.
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Barbadian swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Barbados
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Bridgetown
- North American swimming biography stubs
- Barbadian sportspeople stubs
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