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Alex Cohoon

Alex was called up to join Team GB in August 2023 for the European U23 Swimming Championships in Dublin where he won individual 100m bronze and mixed 4x100m freestyle silver. In 2024 Alex qualified for the for the Paris Olympic Games in the 4x100 Freestyle.

Lauren Cox

Lauren is an English international swimmer. She has represented England at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. In 2025, Cox successfully won her third consecutive 50 metres backstroke title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships.

Luke Greenbank

Luke Greenbank is a backstroke specialist who has won individual and relay medals at Olympic, World and European Championship level as well as Commonwealth Games Gold in 2022. Luke progressed through his junior career breaking a World Junior Record at the age of 17

Filip Nowacki

Filip has established himself as one of Great Britain's leading breaststroke swimmers. He holds a European Junior Record and two British age-group Records, alongside an outstanding junior career where he was crowned a four-time European Junior Champion and two-time World Junior Champion.

Bethany Firth, Parathlete swimming in a pool with yellow lane dividers Bethany Firth, Parathlete swimming in a pool with yellow lane dividers

Bethany Firth

Bethany Firth OBE, Six-time Paralympic Gold medal winning swimmer from Great Britain, and world record holder in the S14 100m Backstroke and S14 200m Freestyle events. She retained the Women's S14 100m Backstroke title for a third consecutive Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020, and has stood on top of the podium at multiple World, Commonwealth and European championships since her international debut in 2011

Issy Hayes

Issy is a member of the U23 Elite British Triathlon squad. In 2024 she became the British Super Series Champion and competed at the World U23 Championships, placing in the top 15.

Suz Hext

Suz Hext burst on to the scene of British Para-Swimming in 2019, claiming a pair of medals at her debut World Para Swimming Championships - and this preceded her debut Paralympics appearance at Tokyo 2020. In Tokyo, Suzanna reached two individual finals in the Women's S5 100m and 200m Freestyle, placing fourth in both after a couple of performances that personified her drive and resilience.

Ranjuo Tomblin

Ranjuo is a Team GB Artistic Swimmer who has competed on the world stage for five years. He is the first male Artistic Swimmer in Great Britain to compete internationally. Over his career he has won three European titles and a bronze medal in the mixed duet free at the 2025 World Championship.

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Lily Booker

Lily is currently training at the British Performance Centre based in Loughborough with her strongest events being Individual Medley and Breaststroke. Through her career Lily has built up an impressive set of results, these include being crowned multiple British National Champion, four medals at the British Senior Championships and most recently a silver medal at the under 23 European Championships.

Frankie Durbin

Frankie is a former GB age group triathlete and now a swimming teacher and NHS physician associate.

Will Ellis

Will is an actor, appearing as Theo Hawthorne in Eastenders. An avid masters swimmer Will also has a swimming podcast.

Finn McGeever

Retired Olympic athlete Finn competed for Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the 4x200 freestyle. Today he is a guide for SwimTrek.

Eoin Gleeson

Eoin has been in and around the water all his life. Growing up as a competitive swimmer and competing in Surf Life Saving has provided him with a channel to be a swim teacher, lifeguard and currently a SwimTrek Guide. Anything water based!

Ali Philips

Ali grew up in Norfolk, by the sea and holiday in The Lake District. Being in or on water has always been part of her life and any excuse to get out and find new places to explore is a passion.

Adrian Swimstaman

A competitive swimmer in childhood to an outdoor swimming fanatic more recently,Adrianlight heartedly refers to himself as an 'all terrain swimmer' who uses swimming as a means to truly immerse in and explore new places.Adrianshares his love of swimming with his prize-winning photography, showcased on Instagram under mysterious pseudonym 'Swimstaman'.

India Barnard

India is a long distance swimmer, completing the English channel in July 2025 with her sights set on further long distance swims in the future. She is a keen masters swimmer and cold water enthusiast. Alongside swimming, she is a NHS paramedic and talks about fitting in training around her shift work patterns and how it improves her mental resilience.

Alice Harvey

Alice has always been a swimmer and joined the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club when she was about 10. SWANS goggles have seen her through countless lengths of the pool and many open water events and challenges including the English Channel and more recently Lake Zurich. Alice has a big swim challenge planned for 2026 and is looking forward to getting the training in, wearing my favourite SWANS goggles!

Bryony Eve

Bryony has been swimming for as long as she can remember, growing up in Cornwall meant spending huge amounts of time training and competing in both sea and pool swimming. After a 9 year hiatus between teenage years and mid-20s, she got back in the pool to training for my first triathlon. Fast forward a few years, and with multiple long distance swims between 10-20km under her belt, and two Channel relays, it seemed the perfect time to train for the English Channel solo, which she will be attempting this summer.