Cassie Wild

Cassie Wild
Personal information
Full nameCassie Wild-Richards
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 200 m backstroke

Cassie Wild (born 12 June 2000) is a retired British swimmer.[1][2] She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.[3]

Wild is from Chester and she is a student at the University of Stirling. Wild was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in April 2021. This would be her first Olympics where she would join an "exceptionally high quality team" including more experienced British Olympians including Aimee Willmott and Molly Renshaw.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cassie Wild loves swimming now but it wasn't always the case for the young Scot heading to the Olympics". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Chester swimmer to compete for Team GB at Olympic Games". Chester Standard. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's 50 metre backstroke: Start list" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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