Nicholas Neckles
Barbadian swimmer (born 1978)
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Nicholas ("Nick") Alfred Neckles (born 24 November 1978 in Bridgetown, Barbados)[1] is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics. Heckles also competed at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games
FullnameNicholas Alfred Neckles
Nationality
Barbados
BarbadosBorn24 November 1978
Bridgetown, Barbados
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
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| Full name | Nicholas Alfred Neckles | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1978 Bridgetown, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Stirling (Scotland) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As of April 2009, he holds the Barbadian Record in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke.
He also competed/attended college at Scotland's University of Stirling.[2]
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set the Games Records in the 200 backstroke (2:00.85), bettering the 2:01.53 swum by Cuba's Neisser Bent at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Neckles time also set the Barbadian Record.
