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Published:
September 10, 2008
Burnham-On-Sea
paralympic swimmer wins bronze medal
 Former
Burnham-On-Sea resident Anthony Stephens won a bronze medal at
the Beijing Paralympics on Tuesday (September 9th).
Burnham-On-Sea.com
reported earlier
this week how Anthony, 22, a former King Alfred School pupil,
had encountered a disappointing start to the Paralympics after
narrowly missing out on a medal and then being disqualified from
another race.
But
all that changed on Tuesday when he clinched third place in the
200 metres freestyle (S5 category), behind swimmers from Brazil
and Spain. The result earned him a bronze medal.
| .200
metres freestyle (S5) |
1st
D Dias (Brz) 2min 32.32secs Gold
2nd
S Rodriguez (Spn) 2:38.88 Silver
3rd
A Stephens (GB) 2:44.67 Bronze
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Anthony
(pictured) won
a silver medal at the Athens Paralympics in 2004 in the men's
200m freestyle and two bronze medals in the 50m freestyle and
100m freestyle.
Anthony
now lives in Swansea but has family and friends throughout the
Burnham-On-Sea area.
Anthony
was born with no legs and just one fully developed arm, but has
never let this get in his way, and has been swimming from the
age of three and breaking records since he was 10.
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