Tag: queens-of-hideous-swims
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Queen of Hideous Swims #8
📸 Credit: Malaper Photography Who are they? Matthew is a swimmer, coach, and co-founder of the Bristol branch of Out to Swim. A lifelong swimmer, and keen breaststroker, he joined Out to Swim over a decade ago, serving on committees and as a trustee, advancing access for LGBTQ+ people in aquatics. Looking back at the…
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Queen of Hideous Swims #1
Who are they? One of the founding members of Hideous Co, Tee spent her early life swimming peaceful breaststroke in the lakes of her native Finland, before committing to learning to swim in 2017. A natural at butterfly, she’s also the mastermind behind Flyday, a drop-in session aimed at sharing the joy of fly and…
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Queen of Hideous Swims #2
Who are they? One of the founding members of Hideous Co, Steph learned to swim at an early age and competed in swimming and artistic (synchronised) swimming through her teenage years. She took a break from the pool following a serious accident, returning in 2016 to swim, and to teach artistic swimming. She’s committed to…
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Queen of Hideous Swims #3
Vicki’s Hideous Swim was crossing the English Channel, which she’d been aiming for, for 11 years.
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Queen of Hideous Swims #5
Rob’s Hideous Swim was 50m butterfly in a competition setting, which he’d been putting off for 50 years.
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Queen of Hideous Swims #7
Who are they? Michelle is a coach and swimmer, and disability advocate who has supported a number of swimmers to the Paralympics. She has also represented 3 different countries internationals. Looking back at the swim The 1600 IM was Hideous because it has been 15 years since I last swam a straight off 200 fly…