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Tai made progress into senior competitions in 2013. She made the finals of three senior events at the British International Disability Swimming Championships.<ref name="Swimming.org"/> She followed this with a third place in the MC 50m Freestyle and a second place in the MC 100m Freestyle at the ASA National Championships in Sheffield.<ref name="Swimming.org"/> In January 2014, Tai was one of four British swimmers selected to compete at the Brazil School Games in São Paulo.<ref name="Guttridge"/> She won gold in the 50m freestyle and backstroke S10 category and silver in the SB9 50m breaststroke, again beaten by her teammate Amy Marren.<ref name="Guttridge"/> She followed youth success by breaking into the British team after a strong show at the Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow.<ref name="Swimming.org"/>
Tai made progress into senior competitions in 2013. She made the finals of three senior events at the British International Disability Swimming Championships.<ref name="Swimming.org"/> She followed this with a third place in the MC 50m Freestyle and a second place in the MC 100m Freestyle at the ASA National Championships in Sheffield.<ref name="Swimming.org"/> In January 2014, Tai was one of four British swimmers selected to compete at the Brazil School Games in São Paulo.<ref name="Guttridge"/> She won gold in the 50m freestyle and backstroke S10 category and silver in the SB9 50m breaststroke, again beaten by her teammate Amy Marren.<ref name="Guttridge"/> She followed youth success by breaking into the British team after a strong show at the Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow.<ref name="Swimming.org"/>


In the summer of 2014 Tai travelled to Eindhoven with the British team to take part in the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships|IPC European Championships]]. She entered five events, the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100m backstroke S10]] and the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points]].<ref name="IPC Bio"/> Tai came seventh in the 50m freestyle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/ENG/SW/SWR173A_EI2014SWW110301ENG.htm|title=Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Final|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=4 August 2014|publisher=IPC}}</ref> and fourth in the individual 100m freestyle, 0.31 seconds outside the medal positions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resipc/pdf/ei2014/sw/ei2014_sw_c73a1_sww130301.pdf|title=Women's 100m Freestyle S10 Final|accessdate=14 August 2014|date=10 August 2014|publisher=IPC|format=pdf}}</ref> but finished on the podium in the other three events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11407535.Swimming__Paralympic_hopeful_Alice_Tai_bags_three_gongs_in_Holland/|title=Swimming: Paralympic hopeful Alice Tai bags three gongs in Holland|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=14 August 2014|work=bournemouthecho.co.uk|author=Guttridge, Roger}}</ref> She took bronze in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 100m backstroke while along with team mates [[Stephanie Millward]], [[Susannah Rodgers]] and [[Stephanie Slater]], she secured gold in 100m freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resIPC/pdf/EI2014/SW/EI2014_SW_C73B1_SWW912301.pdf|title=Woman's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pt|work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]]|date=9 August 2014|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref>
In the summer of 2014 Tai travelled to Eindhoven with the British team to take part in the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships|IPC European Championships]]. She entered five events, the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400m Freestyle S10]], [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100m backstroke S10]] and the [[2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points]].<ref name="IPC Bio"/> Tai came seventh in the 50m freestyle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/ENG/SW/SWR173A_EI2014SWW110301ENG.htm |title=Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Final |accessdate=20 August 2015 |date=4 August 2014 |publisher=IPC |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103553/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/ENG/SW/SWR173A_EI2014SWW110301ENG.htm |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref> and fourth in the individual 100m freestyle, 0.31 seconds outside the medal positions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resipc/pdf/ei2014/sw/ei2014_sw_c73a1_sww130301.pdf |title=Women's 100m Freestyle S10 Final |accessdate=14 August 2014 |date=10 August 2014 |publisher=IPC |format=pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814194204/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resipc/pdf/ei2014/sw/ei2014_sw_c73a1_sww130301.pdf |archivedate=14 August 2014 }}</ref> but finished on the podium in the other three events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11407535.Swimming__Paralympic_hopeful_Alice_Tai_bags_three_gongs_in_Holland/|title=Swimming: Paralympic hopeful Alice Tai bags three gongs in Holland|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=14 August 2014|work=bournemouthecho.co.uk|author=Guttridge, Roger}}</ref> She took bronze in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 100m backstroke while along with team mates [[Stephanie Millward]], [[Susannah Rodgers]] and [[Stephanie Slater]], she secured gold in 100m freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resIPC/pdf/EI2014/SW/EI2014_SW_C73B1_SWW912301.pdf |title=Woman's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pt |work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] |date=9 August 2014 |accessdate=20 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054016/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/eindhoven-2014/resipc/pdf/ei2014/sw/ei2014_sw_c73b1_sww912301.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>


The following year Tai was one of 18 competitors selected to represent Britain at the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|2015 IPC World Championships]] in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/strong-british-team-named-glasgow-2015|title=Strong British team named for Glasgow 2015|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=30 March 2015|work=paralympic.org}}</ref> She was selected for seven events. Tai failed to progress through the heats in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50m Freestyle S10]], [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100m Freestyle S10]] and [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400m Freestyle S10]], but finished on the podium in four events.<ref name="IPC Bio"/> On the fourth day of the competition, Tai won bronze in two events, the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100m backstroke S10]] and less than two hours later she was part of the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4 x 100m freestyle relay 34pts]] that finished third behind Australia and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/33564065|title=Alice Tai wins two bronze medals at IPC World Championships|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=17 July 2015|author=Hudson, Elizabeth|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> The following day Tai won her third bronze, finishing very closely behind Poland's [[Oliwia Jablonska]] in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100m butterfly S10]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/eng/sw/SWR173A_GL2015SWW230101ENG.htm |title=Results - Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 Final | work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] |accessdate= 20 August 2015 | date=17 July 2015}}</ref> She finished her tournament with a gold medal in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay (34pts)]], along with [[Claire Cashmore]], [[Tully Kearney]] and Susannah Rodgers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/resIPC/pdf/GL2015/SW/GL2015_SW_C73B1_SWW952101.pdf|title=Women's 4x100m Medley Relay 34pts |accessdate=20 August 2015|date=19 July 2015|work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]]|format=pdf}}</ref>
The following year Tai was one of 18 competitors selected to represent Britain at the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|2015 IPC World Championships]] in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/strong-british-team-named-glasgow-2015|title=Strong British team named for Glasgow 2015|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=30 March 2015|work=paralympic.org}}</ref> She was selected for seven events. Tai failed to progress through the heats in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50m Freestyle S10]], [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100m Freestyle S10]] and [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400m Freestyle S10]], but finished on the podium in four events.<ref name="IPC Bio"/> On the fourth day of the competition, Tai won bronze in two events, the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100m backstroke S10]] and less than two hours later she was part of the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4 x 100m freestyle relay 34pts]] that finished third behind Australia and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/33564065|title=Alice Tai wins two bronze medals at IPC World Championships|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=17 July 2015|author=Hudson, Elizabeth|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> The following day Tai won her third bronze, finishing very closely behind Poland's [[Oliwia Jablonska]] in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100m butterfly S10]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/eng/sw/SWR173A_GL2015SWW230101ENG.htm |title=Results - Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 Final |work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] |accessdate=20 August 2015 |date=17 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085627/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/eng/sw/SWR173A_GL2015SWW230101ENG.htm |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref> She finished her tournament with a gold medal in the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay (34pts)]], along with [[Claire Cashmore]], [[Tully Kearney]] and Susannah Rodgers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/resIPC/pdf/GL2015/SW/GL2015_SW_C73B1_SWW952101.pdf |title=Women's 4x100m Medley Relay 34pts |accessdate=20 August 2015 |date=19 July 2015 |work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] |format=pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100804/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/glasgow-2015/resIPC/pdf/GL2015/SW/GL2015_SW_C73B1_SWW952101.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>


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Alice Tai
MBE
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 26)
Poole, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClubBournemouth Collegiate School
CoachAdam Parfitt / Rob Greenwood
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's swimming
Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 100 m backstroke S10
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 4x100 medley relay 34pts
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 100m butterfly S10
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 100m backstroke S10
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 4x100m freestyle relay 34pts
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Eindhoven 4x100m freestyle relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 100m backstroke S10
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S10

Alice Tai, MBE (born 31 January 1999) is a British parasport swimmer. Tai competes in the SB9, SM9 and S9

classifications for swimmers with impaired muscle power. She has represented Great Britain at both European and World Championships and has won medals in both individual and team events, including a world gold medal at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Personal history

Tai was born in Poole, England in 1999 and grew up in New Milton.[1] She was born with bilateral talipes, (club foot) and before the age of 12 she had undergone 13 corrective operations to alleviate her condition, sometimes requiring a wheelchair for long periods of time during recovery.[2] She attends Access to Music, Manchester.[3]

Career history

Tai began swimming at the age of eight joining the Seagulls Swimming Club in New Milton.[1] It was not until the winter of 2010 that her family realized that she could be classified as a disability swimmer.[1] In 2011, she was officially classified as a S10 swimmer allowing her to compete in international competitions. In 2012 Tai showed her potential at the 2012 British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield, where she won silver in the Youth final of the MC (Multi-Classification) 400m freestyle, beaten to gold place by Amy Marren.[4]

Tai made progress into senior competitions in 2013. She made the finals of three senior events at the British International Disability Swimming Championships.[4] She followed this with a third place in the MC 50m Freestyle and a second place in the MC 100m Freestyle at the ASA National Championships in Sheffield.[4] In January 2014, Tai was one of four British swimmers selected to compete at the Brazil School Games in São Paulo.[3] She won gold in the 50m freestyle and backstroke S10 category and silver in the SB9 50m breaststroke, again beaten by her teammate Amy Marren.[3] She followed youth success by breaking into the British team after a strong show at the Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow.[4]

In the summer of 2014 Tai travelled to Eindhoven with the British team to take part in the IPC European Championships. She entered five events, the 50m Freestyle S10, 100m Freestyle S10, 400m Freestyle S10, 100m backstroke S10 and the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points.[1] Tai came seventh in the 50m freestyle[5] and fourth in the individual 100m freestyle, 0.31 seconds outside the medal positions,[6] but finished on the podium in the other three events.[7] She took bronze in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 100m backstroke while along with team mates Stephanie Millward, Susannah Rodgers and Stephanie Slater, she secured gold in 100m freestyle relay.[8]

The following year Tai was one of 18 competitors selected to represent Britain at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Glasgow.[9] She was selected for seven events. Tai failed to progress through the heats in the 50m Freestyle S10, 100m Freestyle S10 and 400m Freestyle S10, but finished on the podium in four events.[1] On the fourth day of the competition, Tai won bronze in two events, the 100m backstroke S10 and less than two hours later she was part of the 4 x 100m freestyle relay 34pts that finished third behind Australia and the United States.[10] The following day Tai won her third bronze, finishing very closely behind Poland's Oliwia Jablonska in the 100m butterfly S10.[11] She finished her tournament with a gold medal in the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay (34pts), along with Claire Cashmore, Tully Kearney and Susannah Rodgers.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Tai, Alice". IPC. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "London 2012: Disabled swimmer Alice Tai, 12, to carry Olympic torch". BBC.co.uk. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Guttridge, Roger (10 January 2014). "Swimming: Alice strikes gold in Brazil on international debut". bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Alice Tai". swimming.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Final". IPC. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle S10 Final" (PDF). IPC. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Guttridge, Roger (14 August 2014). "Swimming: Paralympic hopeful Alice Tai bags three gongs in Holland". bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Woman's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pt" (PDF). IPC. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Strong British team named for Glasgow 2015". paralympic.org. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. ^ Hudson, Elizabeth (17 July 2015). "Alice Tai wins two bronze medals at IPC World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Results - Women's 100m Butterfly S10 Final". IPC. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Women's 4x100m Medley Relay 34pts" (PDF). IPC. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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