Simon Burnett

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International Events
Olympic Games (Long Course)
Pos.	Year	Event	Time
7th	2004	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:48.02
4th	2004	Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay	7:12.60 BR (1:47.90 (Lead-off)
Commonwealth Games (Long Course)
Pos.	Year	Event	Time
12th	2002	Men's 50 m backstroke	26.78
10th	2002	Men's 100 m backstroke	57.34
Bronze	2002	Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay	7:22.56
Gold	2006	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.57 BR
Silver	2006	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:47.38
4th	2006	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay	3:19.56 (48.79 (Lead-off)
Gold	2006	Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay	7:14.14 (1:47.57 (Lead-off)
Domestic Events
Olympic Trials (Long Course)
Pos.	Year	Event	Time
Silver	2004	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.94
Gold	2004	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:48.50
ASA National Championships (Long Course)
Pos.	Year	Event	Time
Gold	2001	Men's 50 m backstroke	27.21
8th	2001	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:01.73
10th	2001	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.37
10th	2001	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.63
Gold	2002	Men's 50 m backstroke	27.37
11th	2002	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.79
9th	2002	Men's 100 m freestyle	55.83
Gold	2002	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:53.45
Gold	2005	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.12 BR
Gold	2005	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.68 BR
Gold	2005	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:46.59 BR
NCAA Swimming (USA Inter-collegiate)
Pos.	Year	Event	Time
Gold	2003	Men's 200y freestyle	1:33.69
Gold	2003	Men's 200y freestyle	1:33.69
Gold	2005	Men's 200y freestyle	1:33.22
Bronze	2006	Men's 50y freestyle	19.32
Bronze	2006	Men's 100y freestyle	42.54
Gold	2006	Men's 200y freestyle	1:31.20
Silver	2006	Men's 4x50y freestyle	1:16.54(19.43) Lead-off)
Gold	2006	Men's 4x50y medley	1:23.88(18.86) freestyle)
Gold	2006	Men's 4x200y freestyle	6:16.67(1:33.41) Lead-off)

Simon Andrew Burnett^[1] (born April 14 1983) is a world-class English swimmer. He holds 3 British records across the board in freestyle events, which is unprecedented for a British swimmer; they were all broken at the ASA National Championships in 2005. He trains in Arizona and swims for the Arizona Wildcats

1 Career
2 Personal Bests
3 Profile
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

Career

Simon was born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He lived in the Oxfordshire village of Chinnor as a child, and then moved a few miles to Tetsworth, attending Lord Williams's School in Thame, Oxfordshire. After completing his GCSEs, he went to John Hampden Grammar School, in High Wycombe, to study chemistry, biology, and physics at A-level. He first swam at Wycombe District Swimming Pool from very a young age, and soon joined the Wycombe District Swimming Club, where he remained until 2003. He was coached by Bob Pay and his move to John Hampden, which was local to the Wycombe Sports Centre at which he trained, helped him focus further on swimming. In 2003, with the help of his coach Bob Pay, Simon won a sports scholarship at the University of Arizona to study business. He now swims for the Arizona Wildcats under coach Frank Busch. Burnett began competing at an international level in 2000 at the 3 Nations Junior International. At the ASA National Championships, he won gold in the 50 m backstroke in 2001 and 2002. On the advice of his coach Bob Pay, Burnett switched to swim freestyle in 2003 and began to excel. His television debut was in 2002 at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the 4x200 freestyle relay and won a bronze medal. The following Olympic Games saw Simon finish 7th in the 200 m freestyle, and he competed in the 4x200 freestyle relay team, which finished 4th, nearly grabbing bronze medals. The British trials for the Games had been a great success for Simon, in which he won silver in 100 m freestyle and gold in the 200 m freestyle, despite having broken his wrist in a cycling accident in Arizona two months previously. He was now emerging as an elite British swimmer. Swimming for the University of Arizona, Burnett competes in the American NCAAs and has had great success winning gold in his first year in the 200y freestyle and in 2005. 2005 was probably his best year yet, returning to England as well for the ASA National Championships. He won 3 gold medals in the 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m freestyle. All of which were new British records. In the United States, he also broke the 17-year old record for the 200y freestyle set by Matt Biondi at 1:33.03; Burnett swam a 1:32.22. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Burnett competed in the 200 m freestyle and won silver with a time of 1:47.38, beaten by team mate Ross Davenport, who swam a personal best of 1:47.29. Simon was also part of the relay team in the 4x100 m freestyle, managing to come fourth, with the South African favourites taking gold. However, the most sensational race was the 4x200 m freestyle, when the English team, won the gold medal, nudging Scotland into second place and Australia into third. The next day, he stormed to individual gold in the 100 m freestyle, leaving the South African entrants Ryk Neethling and Roland Schoeman into second and third respectively. With a time of 48.57s, he set a Commonwealth Games record and broke his own British record by eleven-hundredths of a second. Before the Commonwealth Games had ended, Burnett was off to Atlanta for the 2006 NCAA Championships. Swimming for Arizona, Simon won bronze in the 50y freestyle, silver in the 4x50y freestyle relay, and gold in the 4x50y medley relay. His brightest moment came in the 200y freestyle, winning gold and breaking the US open record, with a time of 1:31.20.