Nicholas Neckles Explained

Nick Neckles
Fullname:Nicholas Alfred Neckles
Strokes:Backstroke
Collegeteam:University of Stirling (Scotland)
Birth Date:1978 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Bridgetown, Barbados

Nicholas ("Nick") Alfred Neckles (born 24 November 1978 in Bridgetown, Barbados)[1] is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics. Heckles also competed at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games

As of April 2009, he holds the Barbadian Record in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke.

He also competed/attended college at Scotland's University of Stirling.[2]

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set the Games Records in the 200 backstroke (2:00.85), bettering the 2:01.53 swum by Cuba's Neisser Bent at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Neckles time also set the Barbadian Record.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/nicky-neckles-1.html Neckles' entry
  2. http://www.externalrelations.stir.ac.uk/news/news_archive/april_2004/Aprilarchive.php Stirling Swimmers Head for Olympic Trials