Danielle Watts

Danielle Watts
Danielle Watts
Personal information
Nationality British
Born 13 October 1980 (1980-10-13) (age 31)
Oxford
Height 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) (2008)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club City of Oxford
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S2
Bronze 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S2
Bronze 2004 Athens 50 m backstroke S2

Danielle Watts (born 13 October 1980) is a British paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at three Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2008 winning three medals. She is classified as an S1 category swimmer, though usually competes in S2 or S3 events due to low numbers of competitors in this category at many competitions.

At the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney Watts competed in women's 50 and 100 m freestyle and 50 m backstroke (all S2 category). She repeated these events at the 2004 Games in Athens, this time winning silver in the 100 m freestyle (S2) and bronze in both the 50 m freestyle (S2) and 50 m backstroke (S2).

She swam in two events at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games finishing 7th in the 50 m backstroke (S2) and 13th in the 50 m freestyle (S3).

She is the current world record holder for the S1 category over 50, 100 and 200 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke.

In 2003 she was awarded Swimming World's World Disabled Swimmers of the Year.

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