Emma Cattle

Emma Cattle (born 10 April 1988 in Luton)[1] is a British Paralympian competing in S10 events. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won medals at the 2009 and 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Emma Cattle
Personal information
National team Great Britain
Born (1988-04-10) 10 April 1988
Luton, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes
ClassificationsS10, SM10
ClubLuton
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
World Para Swimming European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 Reykjavík400 m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place2011 Berlin100 m backstroke S10

Personal life

Cattle has cerebral palsy.[1] She attended Barnfield College.[1]

Career

Cattle trains at Luton swimming club,[2] and competes in S10 and SM10 events.[1] She began swimming aged 8 at her local swimming club in Luton.[1] She was selected to compete at the 2008 Paralympics,[3] coming sixth in the final of the 100 metre backstroke S10 competition.[4] She also competed in the 50 metre freestyle S10, where she finished last in her heat,[5] and the Women's 200 m individual medley SM10, where she was disqualified in her heat.[6] Cattle qualified to compete at the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships, her third appearance at the event.[2] She won a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle S10.[7] In 2009, Cattle broke the British 100m backstroke S10 record with a time of 1:12.55; her record was later broken in 2013.[8] At the 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships, Cattle won a silver medal in the 100 metres backstroke S10 event;[9] her time in the event was a national record. She also set a national record in the 50 metres freestyle event, and set personal bests in the 100 metres freestyle and 200m individual medley events.[10]

Cattle failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Paralympics after finishing eighth in the 400m mixed category freestyle final at the British Championships.[11] In 2015, Cattle won the mixed category 100m freestyle C final of a 2015 British Para-Swimming International Meet event in Glasgow.[12] She also competed in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events in the East Region Winter Championships.[13]

References
  1. "Cattle, Emma". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Luton SC duo head for International Paralympic Committee European Swimming Championships". Luton Today. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. "GB name Paralympic swimming squad". BBC Sport. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Women's 100 m Backstroke S10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: 50 metre freestyle S10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. "Swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. "Eleanor Simmonds leads British gold haul in Iceland". The Guardian. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. Guttridge, Roger (8 March 2013). "Swimming: Rio prospect Alice breaks national paralympic record". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. "Rodgers secures fantastic four". Altogether Now. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. "Cattle claims silver at Europeans". Dunstable Today. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  11. Hart, Simon (3 March 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Hannah Miley and four others secure Olympic places". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  12. "Applegate strikes gold in Glasgow". East Swimming. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. "SWIMMING: Team Luton excel in Winter Champs". Dunstable Today. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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