The 17-year-old para swimmer competes in the S14 classification - for swimmers with an intellectual impairment - due to his autism. And he has shone this year by also achieving the nomination time to be in with a chance of Team GB selection for this year’s Paralympic Games in Paris. Tompsett is from Chorley but has been a member of BMSS since the age of nine. Tompsett’s success continued when Aquatics GB held Olympic swimming trials over a week at the Olympic pool in London last month, where he secured a nomination time in the S14 100m backstroke for the Paralympics. “Mark is autistic and has sensory processing issues but loves the feel of water and the pressure it produces.

Source: Metro May 16, 2024 12:25 UTC