Notts olympians
Find out who represented Nottinghamshire at the Olympics. Nottinghamshire County Council talented individuals funding has helped many of them along the way.
Rebecca Adlington - Swimming
Competing in the 400m and 800m freestyle and
4 x200m freestyle relay
Rebecca's results
Women's 400m Freestyle - Heat , Sunday, 10 August
2nd (Time: 4:02.24, second fastest qualifier for semi finals)
Women's 400m Freestyle Final , Monday, 11 August
1st (GOLD. Time: 4:03.22)
Women's 800m Freestyle - Heat , Thursday, 14 August
1st (Time: 8:18.06. New Olympic Record. Fastest qualifier for final)
Women's 800m Freestyle Final , Saturday, 16 August
1st (GOLD, Time: 8:14.10, World Record)
4 x200m freestyle relay
Rebecca was rested for the heats of the relay and, controversially, the team missed out on reaching the finals
Rebecca considers the 800m Freestyle to be her best event, although she feels that breaking the Commonwealth Record in the 400m Freestyle was brilliant at the Olympic Trials. Her finest swim was at the European Championships 2006 in the 800m Freestyle, winning the silver in her debut.
Her aspirations are to win a medal in Beijing, and then to follow that up in London 2012.
Rebecca is coached by Bill Furniss, Nottinghamshire County Council Swimming Coach and Development Officer who also went to Beijing as part of the coaching staff.
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Tim Brabants - Flatwater Canoeing
Competing in the K-1 1000m, K-1 500m
Tim's Results
Men's K1 1000m Final , Friday 22 August
1st (GOLD Time 3:26.323)
Men's K1. 500m Final , Saturday 23 August
3rd (BRONZE Time 1:37.671)
Men's K1 1000m Heats , Monday, 18 August
1st (Time: 3:27.828, progresses straight to final)
Men's K1 500m Heats, Tuesday, 19 August
1st (Time 1:36.338, progresses to semi-final)
Men's K1 500m semi-final 2: Thursday 20 August
3rd Time 1:42.530 qualified for final
Tim is the current World and European Champion in the K1 1000m event.
In Sydney. he won a bronze in the K1 1000M and also competed in Athens where he finished fifth.
Recent results
- 2008 Gold European Championships (Milan) K1 1000m
- 2007 Gold Pre-Olympics (Beijing) K1 500m
- 2007 Gold Pre-Olympics (Beijing) K1 1000m
- 2007 Gold World Championsips (Duisburg) K1 1000m
- 2007 2nd World Championships (Duisburg) K1 500m
- 2007 Gold European Champion (Pontevedra) K1 500m
- 2007 2nd European Championships (Pontevedra) K1 1000m
- 2007 3rd World Cup 3 (Gerardmer) K1 500m
- 2007 3rd World Cup 2 (Szeged) K1 1000m
- 2007 3rd World Cup 1 (Zagreb) K1 1000m
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Anthony Clark - Badminton
Competing in the mixed doubles
Anthony's results
Mixed Doubles Round of 16 , Tuesday, 12 August
Did not go through to next round (Score: 21-15, 21-8 vs He & Yu (CHN))
Anthony (world ranking 8) with Donna Kellog (Derbyshire), are the current European and, for the second year running, England Mixed Doubles champions. Anthony also reached the last 16 of the Men's Doubles at the Athens Olympics, partnered by Nathan Robertson.
With Robert Blair he took silver in the Men’s Doubles at the 2006 World Championships in Madrid to add to his 2006 Commonwealth Games team silver medal and Doubles bronze medal.
- 2006 World Silver Medallist – Mixed Doubles (with Donna Kellogg)
- 2006 World Silver Medallist – Men’s Doubles (w/ Robert Blair)
- 2008 European Champion – Mixed Doubles (with Donna Kellogg)
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Becky Downie - Artistic Gymnastics
Competing in the team competition
Becky's Results
Becky Downie finished 12th in individual all-around final - the best all-around result by a female GB gymnast at an Olympic Games
Becky started gymnastics when she was seven years old at Bigwood Gymnastics Club. She has risen through the ranks of British Gymnastics and rates her greatest achievement so far as coming sixth in the team competition at the 2007 World Championships.
Becky is coached by Claire Starkey – a previous 'Coach of the Year' at the Nottinghamshire County Council Sports Review of the Year awards.
The coach and the club have also received financial support from Nottinghamshire County Council.
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David Florence - Slalom Canoeing
Competing in the C-1 (canoe single)
David's results
Men's C1 Canoe Single Heats - Run 1 , Monday, 11 August
7th (Time: 89.47)
Men's C1 Canoe Single Heats - Run 2 , Monday, 11 August
1st (Time: 82.16, progresses to semi finals)
Men's C1 Canoe Single Semifinal , Tuesday, 12 August
4th (Time: 90.46, progresses to final)
Men's C1 Canoe Single Final , Tuesday, 12 August
2nd (SILVER, Time: 178.61)
World Cup gold medallist David Florence was a late starter in canoeing but is now one of the British canoeing's top slalom paddlers.
Born in Aberdeen, David lived in Edinburgh for a while before moving to Nottingham to train full time.
2008: European Championships, 37th
2007: World Championships, 5th; European Championships 20th; World Cups, bronze (Prague), 4th (Tacen), bronze (Augsburg)
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Fiona Pennie - Slalom Canoeing
Competing in the K -1 (canoe single)
Fiona's results
Women's K1 Kayak Single Heats - Run 1 , Wednesday, 13 August
19th (Time: 160.06)
Women's K1 Kayak Single Heats - Run 2 , Wednesday, 13 August
7th (Time: 99.00, ranked 17th overall. Does not progress)
Fiona learned her slalom canoeing in Scotland with coach Johnny Brown before moving to Nottingham to both go to University and access better facilities.
Her current coach is Shaun Pearce, an ex-World Champion in Men’s Kayak in Tacen, Yugoslavia 1991.
Canoeing runs in Pennie’s family, her mother was an international flatwater padller.
2008: European Championships, 11th
2007: World Championships, 7th; European Championships 10th; World Cups, bronze (Prague), 9th (Tacen), 9th (Augsburg)
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Nathan Robertson - Badminton
Competing in the mixed doubles
Nathan's results
Mixed Doubles Round of 16 , Tuesday, 12 August
Won
(Score: 21-16, 16-21, 21-19 vs Ling & Bo (CHN))
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals , Thursday
Lost
(Score: 21-19, 21-12 vs Lee & Lee (KOR))
Does not progress
Nathan Robertson is one of the world's greatest badminton players and his sights are now firmly set on Beijing 2008 when he and Gail Emms aim to win the gold that they were so close to winning in 2004.
Nathan launched himself into the spotlight when he made his England debut against China at the age of 18.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won three medals and his other major international achievements include World Championship Bronze (men’s), 4 Grand Prix titles (5 mixed, 1 men’s), 6 Commonwealth medals and European Gold and Silver medals (mixed & men’s doubles).
He and his partner Gail Emms won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in a thrilling final where they were just edged out by defending champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China.The marathon 93 minute match finished 15-1, 12-15, 15-12 after Nathan and Gail lead 11-8 in the deciding game.Their Silver medal is Great Britain’s highest ever result in badminton.
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Tim Stockdale - Showjumping
Competing in the individual and team competition
Tim's results
Team Jumping Final - Round 02 , Monday, 18 August
7th (Team Score: 37 penalties)
Now aged 43, Tim first represented Great Britain in 1988 and has since represented his country on 39 occasions on Nations Cup teams and also on the World Equestrian Games team in 2002.
Tim has has never competed at an Olympic Games, this year he has a great opportunity with his top horse, Fresh Direct Corlato, and is focusing his attention on Hong Kong.
Currently 5th in the British Show Jumping Association (BSJA) rankings, Tim is also a member of the World Class Performance programme and has been since 2003.
2007 was a very good year for Tim, Fresh Direct Corlato, a horse he has described as the best all-rounder he has ever had, won 4 major Grands prix and already in 2008 he has secured a place in the World Cup final and won Nates Grand Prix for the second successive year.
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Jessica Sylvester - Swimming
Competing in the 100m freestyle relay
Jess's results
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final , Sunday, 10 August
7th (Time: 3:38.18, Individual split: 55.34) - British record
Jess, living in Nottinghamshire, is a biochemistry student at Nottingham Uni,and has taken a year out to concentrate on reaching Olympic Games. Jess is coached by Bill Furniss, Nottinghamshire County Council's Swimming Coach and Development Officer.
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Andy Turner - Athletics
Competing in the 110m Hurdles
Andy's results
Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1 , Monday, 18 August
2nd (Time: 13.56 progresses to semi final)
Men's 110m Hurdles Round 2 , Tuesday, 19 August
5th (Time: 13.53, does not progress)
Andy was the only British athlete to win individual medals at both Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 2006.
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 Lucy Wainwright - Flatwater Canoeing
Competing in the K-1 500m
Lucy's results
Women's K1 500m final, Saturday, 23 August
7th place (Time 1:53.102)
Women's K1 500m semi-final, Thursday, 21 August
2nd (Time 1:52.580 - progresses to final)
Women's K1 500m Heats, Tuesday, 19 August
3rd (Time 1:50.103, progresses to semi-final)
Lucy is the current women's K1 200m European Champion and is looking forward to her second Olympic Games.
She has recorded some solid results in the past two years, including a World Cup Bronze medal this year and a Silver World Cup medal in 2007.
Lucy is truly focused on improving the 7th place achieved in the women's K1 500m in Athens.
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Campbell Walsh - Slalom Canoeing
Competing in the K-1 500m
Campbell's results
Men's K1 Kayak Single Heats - Run 1 , Monday, 11 August
Campbell Walsh 14th (Time: 86.72)
Men's K1 Kayak Single Heats - Run 2 , Monday, 11 August
Campbell Walsh 9th (Time; 85.27, progresses to semi-finals)
Men's K1 Kayak Single Semifinal , Tuesday, 12 August
Campbell Walsh 15th (Time: 95.74, does not progress)
Olympic Silver medallist in Kayak Single in Athens, Walsh's target is a gold medal in Beijing and also at London 2012.
He has already displayed fine form in 2008, taking gold at the European Championships in May. This follow's consecutive bronze medals at World Championship level in 2006 and 2007.
In fact he slipped to third but took the silver after another Frenchman Fabien Lefevre was penalised.
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Michael Whittaker - Show jumping
Competing in the individual and team competition
Unable to compete due to lame horse
Michael became the youngest ever winner of the famous Hickstead Derby at the age of 20 and at the age of 24, won an Olympic team silver medal in Los Angeles.
In 1993 Michael took over from his brother John as the world’s Number One. In 1999 Michael was the highest placed British rider in the World Cup Final finishing 5th overall with Virtual Village Ashley and he beat this record by finishing third with Handel II in 2001.
In his career, Michael has won 11 team medals at championship level, three of them gold. He also holds three individual silver medals won at European Championships. In 2007, he was part of the bronze medal winning team at the European Championships, Mannheim and also gained the team crucial qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Alastair Wilson - Hockey
Competing in the team competition
Alistair's results
Team GB finishes in 5th position overall
Team GB v Pakistan , Monday, 11 August
Won - (Score: 4-2, Goalscorers: Tindall (2), Moore (14), Jackson (29), Daly (62). Half time score 3-0.)
Team GB v Netherlands , Wednesday, 13 August
Lost (Score: 1-0)
Team GB v South Africa , Friday, 15 August
Won - (Score: 2-0. Goalscorers: Tindall (20), Daly (66))
Team GB v Canada , Sunday, 17 August
Drew (1-1. Goal: Daly (67))
Team GB v Australia , Tuesday, 19 August
Draw (Score: 3-3, Goalscorers: Middleton, R Mantell, Moore)
Team GB v South Korea , Saturday, 23 August
Won - (Score: 5-2. Goalscorers: Middleton, Jackson, Clarke (2), Kirkkham)
Alistair made his debut for England in January 2005 on the tour of South Africa, making a further 45 appearances for England and over 20 for Great Britain, five of which came as he helped GB secure qualification for the Olympics in Chile.
Wilson has appeared at two European Championships and was called up to the squad at the 2006 World Cup as replacement for the injured Ben Marsden.
He plays his club hockey for Beeston, having attended Nottingham Trent University.
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