Kristopher Gilchrist
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Full name | Kristopher Jon Gilchrist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Kris" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3 December 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | City of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kristopher Jon Gilchrist (born 3 December 1983) is a Scottish competitive swimmer and breaststroker who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. He is a past world champion in the 200-metre breaststroke.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he competed in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke events. At the 2008 FINA short-course world championship, he won a gold medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke.
Personal bests and records held
Event | Long course | Short course |
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100 m breaststroke | 1:00.57 | 58.89 |
200 m breaststroke | 2:10.27NR | 2:05.84 |
Key NR:British |
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