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James Wilby

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James Wilby (born 12 November 1993) is a British competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. Wilby is the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in 200 metre breaststroke, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in 100 metre breaststroke, and the 2022 European champion in 200 metre breaststroke. He formed part of the Great Britain team that won World Championship gold in the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay in 2019, and the England team that won the Commonwealth Games Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay in 2014 and 2022. He has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, winning a silver in the 2020 Summer Olympics as a heat swimmer in the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay, three FINA World Aquatics Championships, winning a further silver in the 100m breaststroke, and two bronze medals, and England at three Commonwealth Games, where he has won four other medals aside from his four gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Wilby is the 698th most popular swimmer (up from 819th in 2019), the 8,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 8,671st in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, James Wilby ranks 698 out of 709. Before him are Vladyslava Aleksiyiva, Lydia Jacoby, Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Fabio Scozzoli, Margherita Panziera, and Bronte Campbell. After him are Yuri Kisil, Marrit Steenbergen, Eneli Jefimova, Haley Anderson, Gergely Gyurta, and Isabel Marie Gose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, James Wilby ranks 1,201. Before him are Chikara Hanada, Dipa Karmakar, Keita Nakamura, Julius Kühn, Alvaro Rodrigues, and Troy Gentile. After him are Hiroki Sasaki, Sean Berdy, Silje Norendal, Ju Rui, Mirosław Ziętarski, and Ryōhei Shirasaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Wilby ranks 8,346 out of 8,785. Before him are Steven Caldwell (1980), Joe Root (1990), Andy Wilkinson (1984), Alma Deutscher (2005), Isaac Hayden (1995), and Ade Akinbiyi (1974). After him are Hazel Keech (1987), Daryll Neita (1996), Clare Maguire (1988), Katie O'Brien (1986), Rhys Williams (1984), and Lee Hendrie (1977).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, James Wilby ranks 30. Before him are Joanne Jackson (1986), Dominik Kozma (1991), Duncan Scott (1997), Rebecca Adlington (1989), James Guy (1995), and Calum Jarvis (1992). After him are Luke Greenbank (1997), Andrew Wilson (1993), Ross Murdoch (1994), Kathleen Dawson (1997), Hannah Miley (1989), and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1995).

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